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Puget Sound Traction, Light & Power Company et al., Plaintiffs in Error, v. Fred W. Newell et al., Commissioners, etc., 1918 — 246 U.S. 649 · caselaw · US
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Puget Sound Traction, Light & Power Company et al., Plaintiffs in Error, v. Fred W. Newell et al., Commissioners, etc.
246 U.S. 649·Supreme Court of the United States·1918
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No. 148.
Puget Sound Traction, Light & Power Company et al., Plaintiffs in Error, v. Fred W. Newell et al., Commissioners, etc.
In error to the Supreme Court of the State of Washington.
Argued January 23, 24, 1918.
Decided March 4, 1918.
Mr. James B. Howe, for plaintiffs in error, submitted.
Mr. W. G. McLaren, Mr. James C. Hering and Mr. John B. Shorett for defendants in error.
[MAJORITY — Per Curiam.]
Per Curiam.
Dismissed for want of jurisdiction upon the authority of (1) First National Bank v. Estherville, 215 U. S. 341, 346; Rogers v. Clark Iron Co., 217 U. S. 589; Roller v. Murray, 234 U. S. 738; (2) St. Anthony Falls Water Co. v. Board of Water Commissioners, 168 U. S. 349, 358, 370-371; Joy v. St. Louis, 201 U. S. 322, 342; Weems Steamboat Co. v. People's Co., 214 U. S. 345, 355; (3) Deming v. Carlisle Packing Co., 226 U. S. 102, 105; Consolidated Turnpike Co. v. Norfolk, etc., Ry. Co., 228 U. S. 596, 600; Ennis Water Works v. Ennis, 233 U. S, 652, 658.