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Cocke v. Morgan's Louisiana & Texas R. R.

266 U.S. 589 Court SCOTUS Decision date 1924-12-08 Docket No. 295 English

Delivered by Per Curiam.

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p. 589
No. 295.
F. A. Cocke v. Morgan’s Louisiana & Texas R. R. & S. S. Co. et al.

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Error to the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of Mississippi.
Argued December 5, 1924.
Decided December 8, 1924.
Mr. Frederick H. Lotterhos and Mr. George Butler, for plaintiff in error, submitted. Mr. Charles N. Burch, with whom Mr. R. H. Thompson, Mr. J. H. Thompson, Mr. H.. D. Minor and Mr. Harry McCall were on the briefs, for defendants in error.

Cause transferred to the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, upon authority of: (1) Act of September 14, 1922, c. 305, 42 Stat. 827 ; Heitler v. United States, 260 U. S. 438 , 439; (2) Toop v. Ulysses Land Co., 237 U. S. 580 , 583; Piedmont Power & Light Co. v. Graham, 253 U. S. 193 , 195.

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