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Oliver H. Smith, Jr., Plaintiff in Error, v. Washington-Southern Railway Company, 1918 — 246 U.S. 650 · caselaw · US
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Oliver H. Smith, Jr., Plaintiff in Error, v. Washington-Southern Railway Company
246 U.S. 650·Supreme Court of the United States·1918
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Opinion
No. 188.
Oliver H. Smith, Jr., Plaintiff in Error, v. Washington-Southern Railway Company.
In error to the Court of Appeals of the District of Columbia.
Argued March 13, 1918.
Decided March 18, 1918.
[MAJORITY — Per Curiam.]
Per Curiam.
Dismissed for want of jurisdiction upon the authority of Macfarland v. Brown, 187 U. S. 239, 246; Mac farland v. Byrnes, 187 U. S. 246; Earle v. Myers, 207 U. S. 244; Coe v. Armour Fertilizer Works, 237 U. S. 413, 418-419.
Mr. Ralph D.. Fleharty and Mr. J. S. Easby-Smith for plaintiff in error.
Mr. Frederic D. McKenney, Mr. J. S. Flannery, Mr. G. B. Craighill and Mr. W. C. Carpenter for defendant in error.