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Martin H. Free, Plaintiff in Error, v. The Western Union Telegraph Company, 1916 — 241 U.S. 656 · caselaw · US
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Martin H. Free, Plaintiff in Error, v. The Western Union Telegraph Company
241 U.S. 656·Supreme Court of the United States·1916
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Opinion
No. 225.
Martin H. Free, Plaintiff in Error, v. The Western Union Telegraph Company.
Motion submitted May 22, 1916.
Decided June 12, 1916.
Mr. Frederick S. Tyler and Mr. B. I. Salinger for the plaintiff in error. Mr. Rush Taggart and Mr. Frauds Raymond Stark for defendant in error. See page 684, post.
[MAJORITY]
Motion to vacate judgment of dismissal herein of January 24, 1916, and to restore case to the docket granted.