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Penfold v. Travis ex rel. New York

248 U.S. 537 Court SCOTUS Decision date 1918-11-18 Docket No. 46 English

Delivered by Per Curiam,

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p. 537
No. 46.
Edmund Penfold et al., Executors, etc., et al. v. Eugene M. Travis, as Comptroller of the State of New York.

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Error to the Surrogate’s Court, New York County, State of New York.
Argued November 15, 1918.
Decided November 18, 1918.
Mr. William Mitchell for plaintiffs in error. Mr. John B. Gleason for defendant in error.

Dismissed for want of jurisdiction upon the authority of (1) Consolidated Turnpike Co. v. Norfolk &c. Ry. Co., 228 U. S. 596 ; Bilby v. Stewart, 246 U. S. 255 , 257; Municipal Securities Corporation v. Kansas City, 246 U. S. 63 , 69; Cuyahoga River Power Co. v. Northern Realty Co., 244 U. S. 300 . (2) Farrell v. O’Brien, 199 U. S. 89 ; Empire State-Idaho Mining Co. v. Hanley, 205 U. S. 225 ; Goodrich v. Ferris, 214 U. S. 71 ; Brolan v. United States, 236 U. S. 216 .

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