HARRISON v. MORTON

No. 245.

171 U.S. 38 (1898)

HARRISON v. MORTON.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 23, 1898.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. William Pinckney Whyte and Mr. Frederic D. McKenney for plaintiff in error. Mr. Samuel F. Phillips was on their brief.

Mr. Edgar H. Gans and Mr. Bernard Carter for defendant in error.


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

It is manifest that the pleadings of the parties presented for decision other questions besides Federal ones, and which could be, independent of the Federal ones, determinative of the controversy. Assuming, therefore, that a Federal question was involved, it does not appear but that the decision was given on the contention of the defendant that the agreement never became operative for...

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