Supreme Court of the United States, 1892

Missouri Ex Rel. Quincy, Missouri & Pacific Railroad v. Harris

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided April 4, 1892 · The Chief Justice:

144 U.S. 210; 12 S. Ct. 838; 36 L. Ed. 407; 1892 U.S. LEXIS 2072 (United States Reports)

Counsel

' Mr. John P. Butler for plaintiff in error., Mr. A. W. Mullins for defendants in error. Mr. D. M. Wilson was with him on the brief.

Cases that cite this one

3 later published cases cite this decision.

State Ex Rel. Quincy, M. & P. R. Co. v. Harris , Judges (Supreme Court of the United States 1892)
Williams v. Keyes (Fla. 1938)
Citizens' St. R. v. City Ry. Co. (U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Indiana 1893)

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Opinion

The Chief Justice :

The writ of error is dismissed because no Federal question is involved, upon the authority, among other cases, of Railroad Co. v. Rock, 4 Wall. 177, 181; Lehigh Water Co. v. Easton, 121 U. S. 388; N. O. Water Works Co. v. Louisiana Sugar Refining Co., 125 U. S. 18, 30; and Railroad Co. v. Todd County, 142 U. S. 282.

Writ of error dismissed.

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