General
The Wichita Falls & Northwestern Railway Company, Plaintiff in Error, v. J. H. Puckett
242 U.S. 619·Supreme Court of the United States·1916
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Opinion
No. 535.
The Wichita Falls & Northwestern Railway Company, Plaintiff in Error, v. J. H. Puckett.
In error to the Supreme Court of the State of Oklahoma.
Motion to dismiss submitted December 11, 1916.
Decided December 18, 1916.
[MAJORITY — Per Curiam.]
Per Curiam.
Dismissed for want of jurisdiction upon the authority of (1) Dower v. Richards, 151 U. S. 658, 668 et seq.; Thayer v. Spratt, 189 U. S. 346, 353; Waters-Pierce Oil Co. v. Texas, 212 U. S. 86, 97; Kerfoot v. Farmers’ & Merchants’ Bank, 218 U. S. 281, 288; (2) Deming v. Carlisle Packing Co., 226 U. S. 102, 105; Consolidated Turnpike v. Norfolk &c. Ry. Co., 228., U. S. 596, 600; Ennis Water Works v. Ennis, 233 U. S. 652, 658; Parker v. McLain, 237 U. S. 469, 471-472. Mr. Joseph M. Bryson, Mr. Alexander Britton and Mr. Evans Browne for the plaintiff in error. Mr. C. B. Stuart, Mr. A. C. Cruce, Mr. M. K. Cruce and Mr. Weldon M. Bailey for the defendant in error.