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CHICAGO & ALTON RAILROAD v. WIGGINS FERRY CO., 1883 — 154 U.S. 678 · caselaw · US
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CHICAGO & ALTON RAILROAD v. WIGGINS FERRY CO.
154 U.S. 678·Supreme Court of the United States·1883
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Opinion
CHICAGO & ALTON RAILROAD v. WIGGINS FERRY CO.
error to the circuit court oe the united states for the EASTERN DISTRICT OF MISSOURI.
No. 839.
Submitted January 8, 1883.
Decided January 29, 1883.
Chicago & Alton Railroad v. Wiggins Ferry Co., 108 U. S. 18, followed.
Mr. O. H. E/rum and Mr. G. Beckwith for plaintiff in error,
Mr. 8. T. Glover and Mr. J. B. Shepley for defendant in error.
[MAJORITY — Mr. Chief Justice Waite]
Mr. Chief Justice Waite
delivered the opinion of the court.
This case is in all material respects like that between the same parties just decided, and the order of the Circuit Court remanding the case is affirmed for the reasons there given. Affirmed.