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Illinois Central Railroad Company, Plaintiff in Error, v. Mrs. Marshall Lanis, Administratrix of Marshall Lanis, Deceased, 1918 — 246 U.S. 652 · caselaw · US
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Illinois Central Railroad Company, Plaintiff in Error, v. Mrs. Marshall Lanis, Administratrix of Marshall Lanis, Deceased
246 U.S. 652·Supreme Court of the United States·1918
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No. 320.
Illinois Central Railroad Company, Plaintiff in Error, v. Mrs. Marshall Lanis, Administratrix of Marshall Lanis, Deceased.
In error to the Supreme Court of the State of Louisiana.
Motion to dismiss or affirmed submitted March 11, 1918.
Decided March 18, 1918.
Mr. Gustave Lemle, Mr. Hunter C. Leake, Mr. Blewett Lee and Mr. B. V. Fletcher for plaintiff in error.
Mr. Girault Farrar for defendant in error.
[MAJORITY — Per Curiam.]
Per Curiam.
Judgment affirmed with costs upon the authority of Missouri, Kansas & Texas Ry. Co. v. Wulf, 226 U. S. 570, 576; Illinois Surety Co. v. United States, 240 U. S. 214, 221; Seaboard Air Line Ry. v. Renn, 241 U. S. 290, 293-294.