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CHARLESTON v. JESSUP
154 U.S. 59238 L. Ed. 1089·Supreme Court of the United States·1873
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Opinion
CHARLESTON v. JESSUP.
APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE DISTRICT OF SOUTH CAROLINA.
No. 234.
Argued February 14, 1873.
Decided March 31, 1873.
Tomlinson v. Jessups 15 Wall. 4:54, followed.
Mr. D. T. Corbin for appellants.
Mr. I. G. Barker for appellee.
[MAJORITY — Mr. Justice Field]
Mr. Justice Field
delivered the opinion of the court.
This case is governed by the decision in Tomlinson and others, appellants, against the same defendant, 15 Wall. 454. Upon the authority of that decision the decree must be reversed, and the cause be remanded to the court below With directions to dismiss the suit; and it is so ordered. Reversed.