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Archibald E. Brightman, Plaintiff in Error, v. Lake Erie & Western Railroad Company, 1918 — 245 U.S. 637 · caselaw · US
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Archibald E. Brightman, Plaintiff in Error, v. Lake Erie & Western Railroad Company
245 U.S. 637·Supreme Court of the United States·1918
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Opinion
No. 125.
Archibald E. Brightman, Plaintiff in Error, v. Lake Erie & Western Railroad Company.
In error to the District Court of the United States for the District of Indiana.
Argued January 7, 1918.
Decided January 14, 1918.
Mr. William V. Booker for plaintiff in error.
Mr. Samuel D. Miller, Mr. W. H. Thompson, Mr. John B. Cockrum and Mr. W. H. H. Miller for defendant in error.
[MAJORITY — Per Curiam.]
Per Curiam.
Dismissed for want of jurisdiction upon the authority of (1) Hannis Distilling Co. v. Baltimore, 216 U. S. 285; Fay v. Crozer, 217 U. S. 455; Hendricks v. United States, 223 U. S. 178, 184; (2) St. Louis & San Francisco Ry. Co. v. James, 161 U. S. 545; Southern Ry. Co. v. Allison, 190 U. S. 236; Sun Printing & Publishing Association v. Edwards, 194 U. S. 377, 381; Missouri Pacific Ry. Co. v. Castle, 224 U. S. 541, 546.