Supreme Court of the United States, 1897

Savannah, Florida & Western Railway Co. v. Florida Fruit Exchange

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided May 24, 1897 · Brewer, Harlan

167 U.S. 512; 17 S. Ct. 998; 42 L. Ed. 257; 1897 U.S. LEXIS 2112 (United States Reports)

Counsel

Mr. John E. Hartridge for appellant. Mr. R. G. Erwin was on the brief., Mr. Charles M. Cooper for appellee.

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Opinion

Mr. Justice Brewer

delivered the opinion of the court. The conclusions announced in the case just decided dispose of this; and for the reasons stated in' that opinion, the judgment of the Court of Appeals is reversed, and the case remanded to the Circuit Court, with instructions to enter a decree for the defendant, dismissing the bill without prejudice.

Mr. Justice Harlan dissented.

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