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Pennsylvania Railroad Company v. W. F. Jacoby & Company, 1915 — 239 U.S. 631 · caselaw · US
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Pennsylvania Railroad Company v. W. F. Jacoby & Company
239 U.S. 631·Supreme Court of the United States·1915
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Opinion
No. 139.
Pennsylvania Railroad Company v. W. F. Jacoby & Company.
On a certificate from and writ of certiorari to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.
Argued October 20,1915.
Decided November 15, 1915.
Mr. Francis I. Gowen, Mr. John G. Johnson and Mr. Frederic D. McKenney for The Pennsylvania Railroad Company.
Mr. William A. Glasgow, Jr., for Jacoby & Company.
[MAJORITY]
Judgment affirmed, with costs, by a divided court and cause remanded to the District Court of the United States for the District of Pennsylvania.
Note: December 20, 1915. Petition for rehearing granted, judgment of November 15 vacated and set aside, and case restored to the docket for re-argument.