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Mary Helen Brown, Plaintiff in Error, v. The City of New York, 1916 — 242 U.S. 612 · caselaw · US
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Mary Helen Brown, Plaintiff in Error, v. The City of New York
242 U.S. 612·Supreme Court of the United States·1916
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Opinion
No. 3.
Mary Helen Brown, Plaintiff in Error, v. The City of New York.
In error to the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York.
Argued October 20, 1916.
Decided October 30, 1916.
[MAJORITY — Per Curiam.]
Per Curiam.
Dismissed for want of jurisdiction upon the authority of (1) Deming v. Carlisle Packing Co., 226 U. S. 102, 105; Consol. Turnpike v. Norfolk &c. Ry. Co., 228 U. S. 596, 600; Ennis Water Works v. Ennis, 233 U. S. 652, 658; Parker v. McLain, 237 U. S. 469, 471-472; (2) Shoemaker v. United States, 147 U. S. 282, 321; Prosser v. Northern Pacific R. R., 152 U. S. 59; Bauman v. Ross, 167 U. S. 548, 596; Ramapo Water Co. v. City of New York, 236 U. S. 579. Mr. Omri F. Hibbard, Mr. N. T. M. Melliss and Mr. Nathan I. Sachs for the plaintiff in error. Mr. Terence Farley for the defendant in error.