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Wisconsin ex rel. Gates v. Commissioners of Public Lands, 1901 — 183 U.S. 693 · caselaw · US
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Wisconsin ex rel. Gates v. Commissioners of Public Lands
183 U.S. 693·Supreme Court of the United States·1901
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Opinion
No. 66.
Wisconsin ex rel. Gates v. Commissioners of Public Lands.
Argued October 29, 1901.
Decided November 4, 1901.
Mr. Rublee A-. Cole for the plaintiff in error. Mr. E. R. Hicks for the defendants in error.
[MAJORITY — Per Curiam.]
Error to the Supreme Court of the State of Wisconsin.
Per Curiam.
Dismissed for the want of jurisdiction on the authority of Hamblin v. Western Land Company, 147 U. S. 531; Wilson v. North Carolina, 169 U. S. 595; Mills County v. Railroad Companies, 107 U. S. 557; Cook County v. Calumet and Chicago Canal Company, 138 U. S. 635, 655; Walsh v. Railroad Company, 176 U. S. 479; Zadig v. Baldwin, 166 U. S. 485; Chapin v. Fye, 179 U. S. 127; and see State ex rel. Gates v. Commissioners, 106 Wis. 584.