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Edward Jefferson Bryan, Plaintiff in Error, v. Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company, 1918 — 246 U.S. 651 · caselaw · US
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Edward Jefferson Bryan, Plaintiff in Error, v. Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company
246 U.S. 651·Supreme Court of the United States·1918
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Opinion
No. 810.
Edward Jefferson Bryan, Plaintiff in Error, v. Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company.
In error to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit.
Motion to dismiss or affirm submitted March 4, 1918.
Decided March 18, 1918.
[MAJORITY — Per Curiam.]
Per Curiam.
Dismissed for want of jurisdiction upon the authority of Bagley v. General Fire Extinguisher Co., 212 U. S. 477; Merriam Co. v. Syndicate Publishing Co., 237 U. S. 618; Shulthis v. McDougal, 225 U. S. 561; Hull v. Burr, 234 U. S. 712, 720; Norton v. Whiteside, 239 U. S. 144, 146-147. Petition for writ of certiorari denied.
Mr. Shepard Barclay for plaintiff in error.
Mr. Henry L. Stone, Mr. Edward S. Jouett and Mr. Harold B. Small for the defendant in error.