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MISSISSIPPI v. STANTON AND GRANT, 1867 — 154 U.S. 554 · caselaw · US
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MISSISSIPPI v. STANTON AND GRANT
154 U.S. 554·Supreme Court of the United States·1867
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Opinion
MISSISSIPPI v. STANTON AND GRANT.
ORIGINAL.
No. 14.
Original.
Argued May 15, 1867.
Decided May 16, 1867.
Opinion delivered February 10,1868.
Dismissed on the authority of Georgia v. Stanton, 6 Wall. 50, and Georgia v. Grant, 6 Wall. 241.
The case is stated in the opinion.
Mr. W. L. Sharkey, Mr. B. J. Walker and Mr. A. H. Garland for complainant.
Mr. Attorney General for defendants.
[MAJORITY — Mr. Justice Nelson]
Mr. Justice Nelson
delivered the opinion of the court.
The bill is dismissed for want of jurisdiction for the reasons assigned in the case of The State of Georgia v. E. M. Stanton, U. S. Grant and John Pope, 6 Wall. 50; 241.
Dismissed.