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The St. Louis Southwestern Railway Company, Plaintiff in Error, v. A. W. Burckett
229 U.S. 603·Supreme Court of the United States·1913
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Opinion
No. 234.
The St. Louis Southwestern Railway Company, Plaintiff in Error, v. A. W. Burckett.
In error to the District Court of the Parish of Caddo, State of Louisiana.
Submitted by the plaintiff in error April 21, 1913.
Decided April 28, 1913.
Mr. Taliaferro Alexander, Mr. S. H. West, Mr. C. C. Collins and Mr. Roy T. Britton for the plaintiff in error.
[MAJORITY — Per Curiam.]
Per Curiam.
Judgment reversed with costs, and case remanded for further proceedings upon the authority of Railroad Co. v. Hefley, 158 U. S. 98; Texas & Pacific Ry. v. Mugg, 202 U. S. 242; United States v. Miller, 223 U. S. 599; Ill. Central R. R. v. Henderson Elevator Co., 226 U. S. 441.
No appearance for the defendant in error.