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The Mayor and Aldermen of the City of Vicksburg, Appellants, v. Vicksburg Water Works Company
231 U.S. 739·Supreme Court of the United States·1913
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Opinion
No. 3.
The Mayor and Aldermen of the City of Vicksburg, Appellants, v. Vicksburg Water Works Company.
Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern District of Mississippi.
Submitted October 30, 1913.
Decided December 1, 1913.
Mr. T. C. Catchings, Mr. O. W. Catchings and Mr. George Anderson for the appellants.
Mr. Joseph Hirsh and Mr. J. C. Bryson for the appellee.
[MAJORITY — Per Curiam.]
Per Curiam.
Dismissed for the want of jurisdiction, upon the authority of Bayard v. Lombard, 9 How. 530; Payne v. Niles, 26 How. 219; Indiana v. Liverpool, London & G. Ins. Co., 109 U. S. 168, and cause remanded to the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of Mississippi.