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Ayers v. Kingsbury ex rel. State Land Office

248 U.S. 544 Court SCOTUS Decision date 1919-01-07 Docket No. 98 English

Delivered by Per Curiam.

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No. 98.
Frank H. Ayers et al. v. W. S. Kingsbury, as Surveyor General and Ex Officio Register of the State Land Office of the State of California.

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Error to the District Court of Appeal, First Appellate District, of the State of California.
Submitted December 17, 1918.
Decided January 7, 1919.

Dismissed for want of jurisdiction upon the authority of (1) Messenger v. Kingsbury, 158 California, 611; People v. California Fish Co., 166 California, 576; People v. Banning Co., 166 California, 635. (2) Equitable Life Assurance

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Society v. Brown, 187 U. S. 308 , 314; Consolidated Turnpike Co. v. Norfolk &c. Ry. Co., 228 U. S. 596 , 600; Manhattan Life Ins. Co. v. Cohen, 234 U. S. 123 , 137. (3) Campbell v. Wade, 132 U. S. 34 ; Gonzales v. French, 164 U. S. 338 , 345; Banning Co. v. California, 240 U. S. 142 , 154.

Mr. Charles C. Boynton and Mr. Robert T. Devlin for plaintiffs in error. Mr. U. S. Webb for defendant in error.

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