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Philadelphia & Reading Railway Company, Plaintiff in Error, v. United States, 1917 — 244 U.S. 644 · caselaw · US
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Philadelphia & Reading Railway Company, Plaintiff in Error, v. United States
244 U.S. 644·Supreme Court of the United States·1917
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Opinion
Nos. 878 and 879.
Philadelphia & Reading Railway Company, Plaintiff in Error, v. United States.
In error to the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
Motion to dismiss submitted May 7, 1917.
Decided May 21, 1917.
Mr. William Clarke Mason and Mr. Charles Heebner for plaintiff in error.
The Solicitor General for the United States.
[MAJORITY — Per Curiam.]
Per Curiam.
Dismissed for want of jurisdiction upon the authority of McLish v. Roff, 141 U. S. 661, 665; Covington v. First National Bank, 185 U. S. 270, 277; Heike v. United States, 217 U. S. 423.