Supreme Court of the United States, 1879

Faxon v. Russell

Faxon v. Russell
Supreme Court of the United States · Decided January 20, 1879 · Waite
154 U.S. 644; 14 S. Ct. 1201; 38 L. Ed. 1091; 1879 U.S. LEXIS 1377 (United States Reports)

Faxon v. Russell

Opinion of the Court

Mr. Chief Justice Waite

announced the judgment of the court.

The judgment in this ease is reversed upon the authority of Arthur v. Davies, 96 U. S. 135, and the cause remanded for further proceedings in accordance with this decision. Upon another trial, however, no allowances can be made for the reduction of ten per cent claimed under Sec. 2. of the act of June 6, 1872, (17 Stat. 232,).that point having been decided adversely to the plaintiff in error in Arthur v. Rheims, 96 U. S. 143. Reversed.

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