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Wichita Falls & Northwestern Railway Co. v. Puckett

242 U.S. 619 Court SCOTUS Decision date 1916-12-18 Docket No. 535 English

Delivered by Per Curiam.

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p. 619
No. 535.
The Wichita Falls & Northwestern Railway Company, Plaintiff in Error, v. J. H. Puckett.

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In error to the Supreme Court of the State of Oklahoma.
Motion to dismiss submitted December 11, 1916.
Decided December 18, 1916.

Dismissed for want of jurisdiction upon the authority of (1) Dower v. Richards, 151 U. S. 658 , 668 et seq.; Thayer v. Spratt, 189 U. S. 346 , 353; Waters-Pierce Oil Co. v. Texas, 212 U. S. 86 , 97; Kerfoot v. Farmers’ & Merchants’ Bank, 218 U. S. 281 , 288; (2) Deming v. Carlisle Packing Co., 226 U. S. 102 , 105; Consolidated Turnpike v. Norfolk &c. Ry. Co., 228., U. S. 596, 600; Ennis Water Works v. Ennis, 233 U. S. 652 , 658; Parker v. McLain, 237 U. S. 469 , 471-472. Mr. Joseph M. Bryson, Mr. Alexander Britton and Mr. Evans Browne for the plaintiff in error. Mr. C. B. Stuart, Mr. A. C. Cruce, Mr. M. K. Cruce and Mr. Weldon M. Bailey for the defendant in error.

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