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Knowlton v. Watertown; Spalding v. Watertown, 1889 — 130 U.S. 334 · caselaw · US
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Knowlton v. Watertown; Spalding v. Watertown
130 U.S. 3341889 U.S. LEXIS 1755·Supreme Court of the United States·1889
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Opinion
Knowlton v. Watertown, Spalding v. Watertown,
No. 199,
No. 200.
Error to the Circuit Court of the United States' for the Western .-District of Wisconsin.
Argued March 13, 1889.
Decided April 8, 1889.
Mr. George P. Miller for plaintiffs in error.
Mr. George W. Bird and Mr. Daniel-Hall for defendant in error.
[MAJORITY — Mr. Justice Bradley :]
Mr. Justice Bradley :
These cases are, in all essential respects, the same as.that of No. 198, in which the opinion has just been announced, and the same judgment — of affirmance — is therefore rendered therein.
Affirmed.