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Gideon Dixon et al., Appellants, v. George W. Goethals et al., 1916 — 242 U.S. 616 · caselaw · US
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Gideon Dixon et al., Appellants, v. George W. Goethals et al.
242 U.S. 616·Supreme Court of the United States·1916
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Opinion
No. 127.
Gideon Dixon et al., Appellants, v. George W. Goethals et al.
Appeal from the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.
Motion to dismiss or affirm submitted November 20,1916.
Decided December 4, 1916.
[MAJORITY — Per Curiam.]
Per Curiam.
Judgment affirmed with costs upon the authority of McCollum v. Eager, 2 How. 61; Thomas v. Wooldridge, 23 Wall. 283; Buffington v. Harvey, 95 U. S. 99; Rexford v. Brunswick-Balke-Collander Co., 228 U. S. 339, 346. Mr. Benjamin T. Waldo and Mr. Challen B. Ellis for the appellants. The Attorney General and The Solicitor General for the appellees.