List v. Pennsylvania
Supreme Court of the United States
List v. Pennsylvania, 131 U.S. 396 (1888)
9 S. Ct. 794; 33 L. Ed. 222; 1888 U.S. LEXIS 2047
Per Curiam
List v. Pennsylvania
Opinion
: The’ death of George B. List, the plaintiff in error in this cause, having been suggested in a communication from counsel for defendant in error to the clerk, and it appearing to the court that this is a criminal case, it is considered by the court that this cause has abated. Therefore, it is ordered and adjudged by the court that the writ of error in this cause be, and the same is hereby,
.Dismissed.
Reference
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- Syllabus
- The death of the accused in a criminal case brought here by writ of error abates the suit.