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INDIANAPOLIS & ST. LOUIS RAILROAD CO. v. VANCE, 1878 — 154 U.S. 638 · caselaw · US
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INDIANAPOLIS & ST. LOUIS RAILROAD CO. v. VANCE
154 U.S. 638·Supreme Court of the United States·1878
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Opinion
INDIANAPOLIS & ST. LOUIS RAILROAD CO. v. VANCE.
APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS.
No. 897.
Argued February 1, 1878.
Decided April 1, 1878.
Railroad Co. v. Vance, 96 U. S. 450, followed.
Mr. B. W. Hanna for appellant.
Mr, James K. Edsall for appellees
[MAJORITY — Mr. Justice Harlan]
Mr. Justice Harlan
delivered the opinion of the court.
The decision just rendered in Case No. 896, 96 U. S. 450, between the same parties, controls the decision in this case.
Decree affirmed