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p. 659No. 126. Frank C. Mebane, as Receiver of Symes Foundation, Inc., and American Title and Trust Company v. Staten Island Railway Company, Staten Island Rapid Transit Railway Company, New York Transit and Terminal Company et al. Argued January 14, 1927. Decided January 17, 1927.
Syllabus
Error to the Supreme Court of the State of New York.Messrs. Hugh H. O’Bear and Benjamin Catchings, with whom Messrs. Merle I. St. John and Charles A. Douglas were on the briefs, for plaintiffs in error.
Messrs. John W. Welsh, John F. Hughes, Q. S. Gilbert, Royal E. T. Riggs, Morgan J. O’Brien, Albert B. Boardman, and Albert Ottinger were on the brief for defendants in error.
Dismissed for want of jurisdiction for want of a substantial Federal constitutional question on the authority of Farrell v. O’Brien, 199 U. S. 89 ,100; Toopv. Ulysses Land Co., 237 U. S. 580 , 583; Piedmont Power and Light Co. y. Town of Graham, 253 U. S. 193 , 195; Seaboard Air Line v. Padgett, 236 U. S. 668 , 671.
Cases cited
- Farrell v. O'Brien 199 U. S. 89 p. 659
- Toop v. Ulysses Land Co. 237 U. S. 580 p. 659
- Piedmont Power & Light Co. v. Town of Graham 253 U. S. 193 p. 659
- Seaboard Air Line Railway v. Padgett 236 U. S. 668 p. 659