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Washington Dredging & Improvement Company, Plaintiff in Error, v. The State of Washington, E. V. Bussell et al., 1913 — 231 U.S. 742 · caselaw · US
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Washington Dredging & Improvement Company, Plaintiff in Error, v. The State of Washington, E. V. Bussell et al.
231 U.S. 74258 L. Ed. 462·Supreme Court of the United States·1913
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No. 127.
Washington Dredging & Improvement Company, Plaintiff in Error, v. The State of Washington, E. V. Bussell et al.
In error to the Supreme Court of the State of Washington.
Argued December 11, 12, 1913.
Decided December 15, 1913.
[MAJORITY — Per Curiam.]
Per Curiam.
Mr. W. F. Hays and Mr. Chas. E. Shepard for the plaintiff in error.
Mr. Alfred Battle, Mr. George B. Cole, Mr. Richard A. Ballinger, Mr. George E. de Steiguer, Mr. Jas. A. Kerr, Mr. W. V. Tanner, Mr. Douglas C. Conover, Mr. Wm. M. Watson, Mr. Chas. W. Bunn, Mr. Ira Bronson, Mr. Jas. B. Murphy, Mr. Wm. B. Stratton and Mr. John C. Higgins for the defendants in error.
Dismissed for want of jurisdiction. 1. Eustis v. Bolles, 150 U. S. 361; Preston v. Chicago, 226 U. S. 447, 450; Wood v. Chesborough, 228 U. S. 672, 677. 2. Deming v. Carlisle Packing Co., 226 U. S. 102; Standard Oil Company of Indiana v. Missouri, 224 U. S. 271, 287.