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The Town of Weston, Appellant, v. Sallie E. Tierney, 1903 — 191 U.S. 560 · caselaw · US
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The Town of Weston, Appellant, v. Sallie E. Tierney
191 U.S. 560·Supreme Court of the United States·1903
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Opinion
No. 97.
The Town of Weston, Appellant, v. Sallie E. Tierney.
Argued for appellant December 16, 1903.
Decided December 21, 1903.
Mr. E.A. Brannon for appellant.
No counsel appeared for appellee.
[MAJORITY — Per Curiam.]
Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Northern District of West Virginia.
Per Curiam.
Decree reversed with costs, and cause remanded with directions to dismiss the bill for want of jurisdiction. Town of Weston v. Tierney, 184 U. S. 695; Holt v. Indiana Manufacturing Company, 176 U. S. 68, 73, and cases cited.