Supreme Court of the United States, 1924

Davis v. Matthews

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided January 7, 1924

263 U.S. 686; 44 S. Ct. 179; 1924 U.S. LEXIS 2839 (United States Reports)

Counsel

Mr. F. L. Willcox and Mr. Thomas W. Davis, with whom Mr. Henry E. Davis was.on the brief, for petitioner. Mr. R. E. Whiting, with whom Mr. D. Gordon Baker and Mr. Felix E. Alley were on the brief, for respondent.

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Opinion of the Court

Per Curiam.

Affirmed with costs upon the authority of: (1) Seaboard Air Line Ry. v. Padgett, 236 U. S. 668, 673; Central Ver*687mont Ry. Co. v. White, 238 U. S. 507, 509; (2) Illinois Central R. R. Co. v. Skaggs, 240 U. S. 66, 70; Spokane & Inland Empire R. R. Co. v. Campbell, 241 U. S. 497, 509; (3) Southern Ry. Co. v. Bennett, 233 U. S. 80, 86; Louisville & Nashville R. R. Co. v. Holloway, 246 U. S. 525, 529.

Mr. F. L. Willcox and Mr. Thomas W. Davis, with whom Mr. Henry E. Davis was.on the brief, for petitioner. Mr. R. E. Whiting, with whom Mr. D. Gordon Baker and Mr. Felix E. Alley were on the brief, for respondent.

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