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Anderson et al. v. Northern States Contracting Co. et al.; Brown et al. v. Swords-McDougal Co. et al.; and Knox et al. v. Massachusetts Bonding & Insurance Co., 1938 — 305 U.S. 566 · caselaw · US
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Anderson et al. v. Northern States Contracting Co. et al.; Brown et al. v. Swords-McDougal Co. et al.; and Knox et al. v. Massachusetts Bonding & Insurance Co.
305 U.S. 566·Supreme Court of the United States·1938
Mr. Justice Butler took no part in the consideration or decision of these cases.
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Opinion
No. 240.
Anderson et al. v. Northern States Contracting Co. et al.; Brown et al. v. Swords-McDougal Co. et al.; and Knox et al. v. Massachusetts Bonding & Insurance Co.
No. 241.
No. 242.
Decided November 7, 1938.
Messrs. J. A. Edge, Paul B. Crome-lin, and Francis C. Brooke for appellants.
Messrs. Richard C. Stoll, Wallace Muir, James Park, and Seth W. Richardson for appellees in No. 240.
Mr. Rodman W. Keenon for appellees in Nos. 241 and 242.
[MAJORITY — Per Curiam:]
Per Curiam:
The appeals herein are dismissed for the want of jurisdiction. Section 237 (a), Judicial Code, as amended by the Act of February 13, 1925 (43 Stat. 936, 937). Treating the papers whereon' the appeals were allowed as petitions for writs of certiorari as required by § 237 (c), Judicial Code, as amended (43 Stat. 936, 938), certiorari is denied.
Mr. Justice Butler took no part in the consideration or decision of these cases.
Reported below: 271 Ky. 140; 111 S. W. 2d 610.