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HAYNES v. PICKETT, 1877 — 154 U.S. 627 · caselaw · US
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HAYNES v. PICKETT
154 U.S. 62723 L. Ed. 1008·Supreme Court of the United States·1877
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Opinion
HAYNES v. PICKETT.
ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA.
No. 837.
Submitted January 15, 1877.
Decided March 13, 1877.
Bay v. Norseioorthy, 23 Wall. 128, followed.
Mr. B. B. Forman for plaintiff in error.
Mr. Thomas J. Durant and Mr; Charles W. Hornor for defend ants in error.
[MAJORITY — Mr. Chief Justice Waite]
Mr. Chief Justice Waite
delivered the opinion of the.court.
There is a Federal question in this case, but it was decided in Bay v. Norseworthy, 23 Wall. 128, and we are not inclined to hear it re-argued. The motion to dismiss is, therefore, denied, and that to affirm granted., upon the .authority of that case. Affirmed.