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H. E. Filler, Appellant, v. Ben Steele, Sheriff, etc., 1916 — 241 U.S. 648 · caselaw · US
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H. E. Filler, Appellant, v. Ben Steele, Sheriff, etc.
241 U.S. 648·Supreme Court of the United States·1916
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No. 731.
H. E. Filler, Appellant, v. Ben Steele, Sheriff, etc.
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Western District of Pennsylvania.
Argued April 5, 1916.
Decided April 10, 1916.
[MAJORITY — Per Curiam.]
Per Curiam.
Judgment affirmed with costs upon the authority of: (1) Ex parte Parks, 93 U. S. 18, 21; Tinsley v. Anderson, 171 U. S. 101, 105; Frank v. Mangum, 237 U. S. 309, 326; (2) Allen v. Georgia, 166 U. S. 138, 140; Felts v. Murphy, 201 U. S. 123, 129; Twining v. New Jersey, 211 U. S. 78; Jordan v. Massachusetts, 225 U. S. 167; (3) Consolidated Turnpike v. Norfolk &c. Ry., 228 U. S. 596, 600; Overton v. Oklahoma, 235 U. S. 31; Stewart v. Kansas City, 239 U. S. 14.
Mr. Ralph D. Hurst and Mr. Thomas H. Greevy for the appellant. Mr. C. Ward Eicher, Mr. George E. Barron and Mr. Cecil E. Heller for the appellee.