Supreme Court of the United States, 1930

Columbus & Greenville Ry. Co. v. Buford

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided March 17, 1930

281 U.S. 695; 50 S. Ct. 248; 74 L. Ed. 1123; 1930 U.S. LEXIS 431 (United States Reports)

Counsel

Mr. William H. Watkins, with whom Messrs. A. F. Gardner., Sr., H. T. Odom, P. H. Eager, Jr., A. F. Gardner, Jr., and J. N. Flowers were on the brief, for appellant. Messrs. John Ambrose Tyson, A. McC. Kimbrough, and O. L. Kimbrough on the brief for appellees.

Cases that cite this one

4 later published cases cite this decision.

United States v. State of Alabama (United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama 1966)
Wickton v. Louisville & N. R. (District Court, S.D. Mississippi 1930)
Village of Riverwoods v. Department of Transportation (Ill. 1979)
Ex Parte Bullen (Ala. 1938)

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Opinion of the Court

Per Curiam:

The appeal herein is dismissed for the want of a properly presented substantial federal question; Wabash R. R. Co. v. Flannigan, 192 U. S. 29; Erie R. R. Co: v. Solomon, 237 U. S. 427; Zucht v. King, 260 U. S. 174; Sugarman v. United States, 249 U. S. 182; C. A. King & Co. v. Horton, 276 U. S. 600; Bank of Indianola v. Miller, 276 U. S. 605; Roe v. Kansas, 278 U. S. 191; Sayward v. Denny, 158 U. S. 180,183,184; Consolidated Turnpike Co. v. Norfolk & Ocean View Ry. Co., 228 U. S. 326, 334.

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