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Guffey v. Smith

237 U.S. 120 Court SCOTUS Decision date 1915-04-05 Docket No. 87 English

Delivered by Van J.

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Majority — Van J.

p. 120
GUFFEY v. SUSANNAH SMITH.

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CERTIORARI to the circuit court of appeals for the SEVENTH CIRCUIT.
No. 87.
Argued December 2, 3, 1914.
Decided April 5, 1915.
Decided on authority of Guffey v. Smith, ante, p. 101.
The facts are stated in the opinion.
Mr. Joseph Bailey and Mr. J. H. Beal, with whom Mr. Robert J. Dodds was on the brief for petitioner.
Mr. J. A. Hindman for respondent.

delivered the opinion of the court.

This ease is in all'material respects like that of Guffey v. James A. Smith, just decided. The two cases were argued together and the views expressed in that are decisive of this.

The decrees below are reversed and the case is remanded to the District Court with like directions as in that case.

Decree reversed.