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Western Union Telegraph Co. v. Louisville & Nashville Railroad

248 U.S. 532 Court SCOTUS Decision date 1918-11-04 Docket No. 524 English

Delivered by Per Curiam.

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p. 532
No. 524.
Western Union Telegraph Company v. Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company.

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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.
Motion to dismiss or affirm submitted October 14, 1918.
Decided November 4, 1918.

Dismissed for want of jurisdiction upon the authority of (1) a. § 128 of the Judicial Code; Louisville & Nashville R. R. Co. v. Western Union Telegraph Co., 237 U. S. 300 ; b. Equitable Life Assurance Society v. Brown, 187 U. S. 308 , 314; Deming v. Carlisle Packing Co., 226 U. S. 102 ; Consolidated Turnpike Co. v. Norfolk &c. Ry. Co., 228 U. S. 596 , 600. (2) Pensacola Telegraph Co. v. Western Union Telegraph Co., 96 U. S. 1 ; Western Union Telegraph Co. v. Ann Arbor

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R. R. Co., 178 U. S. 239 ; Western Union Telegraph Co. v. Pennsylvania R. R. Co., 195 U. S. 540 ; Western Union Telegraph Co. v. Richmond, 224 U. S. 160 ; Louisville & Nashville R. R. Co. v. Western Union Telegraph Co., 237 U. S. 300 . See Western Union Telegraph Co. v. Louisville & Nashville R. R. Co., 244 U. S. 649 .

Mr. William L. Clay and Mr. Rush Taggart for appellant. Mr. Henry L. Stone and Mr. Henry C. Peeples for appellee.

See post, 576.

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