Supreme Court of the United States, 1898

White v. Butler

White v. Butler
Supreme Court of the United States · Decided May 31, 1898 · Harlan
171 U.S. 379; 43 L. Ed. 204; 18 S. Ct. 949; 1898 U.S. LEXIS 1610 (United States Reports)

White v. Butler

Opinion of the Court

Mr. Justice Harlan

delivered the opinion of the court.

Butler, the appellee in the first of the above cases, was a storekeeper of the United States at the Hannis distillery at Martinsburg,' West-Virginia.

Ruckman, the appellee in the second case, was also a storekeeper at the same distillery.

The bill in each case is substantially like that in White v. Berry, ante, 366, just decided. The relief asked by Butler and Ruckman is the same as that asked by Berry, and the decree rendered in behalf of each was the same as that rendered in Berry's case.

For the reasons stated in the opinion just delivered in White v. Berry, the decree in each of the above cases must be

Reversed, and' the causes remanded with directions to dismiss the. bills.

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