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Western Union Telegraph Co. v. Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway Co.

248 U.S. 542 Court SCOTUS Decision date 1918-12-23 Docket No. 525 English

Delivered by Per Curiam.

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p. 542
No. 525.
Western Union Telegraph Company v. Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway Company.

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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.
Motion to dismiss or affirm submitted December 16, 1918.
Decided December 23, 1918.
Mr. William L. Clay and Mr, Rush Taggart for appellant. Mr. Henry C. Peeples, and Mr. Claude Waller for appellee.

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 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 and Nashville R. R. Co., 244 U. S. 649 . See also Western Union Telegraph Co. v. Louisville & Nashville R. R. Co., ante, 532.

See post, 576.

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