HUMPHREYS v. McKISSOCK

Nos. 296, 991.

140 U.S. 304 (1891)

HUMPHREYS v. McKISSOCK. WABASH, ST. LOUIS & PACIFIC RAILWAY COMPANY v. McKISSOCK.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 11, 1891.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. F.W. Lehmann for appellants. Mr. Wells H. Blodgett filed a brief for same.

Mr. Edward W. Sheldon (with whom was Mr. Theodore Sheldon on the brief) for appellee.


MR. JUSTICE FIELD, after stating the case, delivered the opinion of the court.

The commissioner in his report committed a manifest error in holding that the Wabash Company possessed any interest in the property of the Elevator Company. The facts found by him as to the organization of the latter, the subscription to its stock, the construction of the elevator and its lease to others, show beyond controversy the independent...

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