WHITE v. BUTLER

Nos. 540, 541.

171 U.S. 379 (1898)

WHITE v. BUTLER. WHITE v. RUCKMAN.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 31, 1898.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Assistant Attorney General Boyd and Mr. Joseph H. Gaines for appellants.

Mr. Charles J. Faulkner for appellees.


MR. JUSTICE HARLAN delivered the opinion of the court.

Butler, the appellee in the first of the above cases, was a storekeeper of the United States at the Hannis distillery at Martinsburg, West Virginia.

Ruckman, the appellee in the second case, was also a storekeeper at the same distillery.

The bill in each case is substantially like that in White v. Berry, ante, 366, just decided. The relief asked by Butler and Ruckman is the same as...

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