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C. & A. RAILROAD CO. v. WIGGINS FERRY CO.

108 U.S. 18 (1883)

CHICAGO & ALTON RAILROAD COMPANY v. WIGGINS FERRY COMPANY.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided January 29th, 1883.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. C.H. Krum for the plaintiff in error.

Mr. C. Beckwith for plaintiff in error.

Mr. S.T. Glover and Mr. J.R. Shepley for the defendants in error.

MR. CHIEF JUSTICE WAITE delivered the opinion of the court. After stating the facts in the language cited above, he continued:

In our opinion this is not a suit arising under the Constitution or laws of the United States, within the meaning of that term as used in the removal act. If the courts of Missouri gave a wrong construction to the laws of Illinois in the judgment set up as an estoppel, that error cannot be corrected...

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