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Vandalia Railroad Company, Plaintiff in Error, v. Nathaniel G. Stringer, 1916 — 242 U.S. 614 · caselaw · US
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Vandalia Railroad Company, Plaintiff in Error, v. Nathaniel G. Stringer
242 U.S. 614·Supreme Court of the United States·1916
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No. 86.
Vandalia Railroad Company, Plaintiff in Error, v. Nathaniel G. Stringer.
In error to the Supreme Court of the State of Indiana.
Argued for the plaintiff in error November 9, 1916.
Decided November 13, 1916.
[MAJORITY — Per Curiam.]
Per Curiam.
Dismissed for want of jurisdiction, with five per cent damages, upon the authority of Iowa Central Ry. Co. v. Iowa, 160 U. S. 389; Texas & New Orleans R. R. v. Miller, 221 U. S. 408, 416; Washington v. Miller, 235 U. S. 422, 429; Wabash Railroad Co. v. Hayes, 234 U. S. 86. Mr. Samuel O. Pickens, Mr. F. D. McKenney, Mr. Charles W. Moores and Mr. R. F. Davidson for the plaintiff in error. Mr. Wyman J. Beckett for the defendant in error.