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Schofield, Receiver, v. Folsom, 1897 — 168 U.S. 706 · caselaw · US
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Schofield, Receiver, v. Folsom
168 U.S. 706·Supreme Court of the United States·1897
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Opinion
No. 111.
Schofield, Receiver, v. Folsom.
Error to the Supreme Court.of the Territory of New Mexico.
Argued November 9, 1897.
Decided November 15, 1897.
Mr. W. B. Childers for plaintiff in error.
Mr. Neill B. Field and Mr. Franlc W. Clancy for defendant in error.
[MAJORITY]
Dismissed for the want of jurisdiction on the authority of Gregory Consolidated Mining Company v. Starr, 141 U. S. 222.