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Civil Procedure · MBE-tested
Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway Company of Texas, Plaintiff in Error, v. Harry C. Bailey
220 U.S. 608·Supreme Court of the United States·1911
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Opinion
No. 205.
Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway Company of Texas, Plaintiff in Error, v. Harry C. Bailey.
Error to the Court of Civil Appeals for the Fifth Supreme Judicial District of the State of Texas.
Supplemental motion to dismiss or affirm submitted May 15, 1911.
Decided May 29, 1911.
Mr. Cecil H. Smith, Mr. James Hagerman and Mr. Joseph M. Bryson for the plaintiff in error.
Mr. Joseph W. Bailey, Mr. Rice Maxey and Mr. J. A. L. Wolfe for the defendant in error.
[MAJORITY — Per Curiam.]
Per Curiam.
The judgment is affirmed, with costs. Missouri Pacific Ry. Co. v. Mackey, 127 U. S. 205; Minneapolis Ry. Co. v. Herrick, 127 U. S. 210; Chicago &c. R. R. v. Pontius, 157 U. S. 209; Tullis v. Lake Erie & W. Ry., 175 U. S. 348; El Paso & N. E. Ry. v. Gutierrez, 215 U. S. 87; Chicago, B. & Quincy R. R. Co. v. McGuire, 219 U. S. 549, 564.