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John de la TORRE v. Archibald J. FULTON, Jr., District Local Engineer, 1928 — 28 F.2d 1020 · caselaw · US
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John de la TORRE v. Archibald J. FULTON, Jr., District Local Engineer
28 F.2d 1020·United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit·1928
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John de la TORRE v. Archibald J. FULTON, Jr., District Local Engineer.
Circuit Court of Appeals, First Circuit
October 18, 1928.
No. 2251.
Vernon W. Marr, of Boston, Mass. (Luis Toro Cabanas and Hugh R. Francis, both of San Juan, Porto Rico, on the brief), for appellant.
John V. Spaulding, Asst. U. S. Atty., of Boston, Mass. (John L. Gay, U. S. Atty., and Jesus A. Gonzalez, Asst. U. S. Atty., both of San Juan, Porto Rico, on the brief), for appellee.
Before BINGHAM, JOHNSON, and ANDERSON, Circuit Judges.
[MAJORITY — PER CURIAM.]
PER CURIAM.
The following final decree entered: The decree of the District Court is vacated, and the case is remanded to that court, with directions to enter an order dismissing the petition for want of jurisdiction without costs; neither party recovers costs in this court. Knapp v. Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway Co., 197 U. S. 536, 25 S. Ct. 538, 49 L. Ed. 870; Covington & Cincinnati Bridge Co. v. Hager, 203 U. S. 109, 27 S. Ct. 24, 51 L. Ed. 111; Barber v. Hetfield (C. C. A.) 4 F.(2d) 245.