GABLEMAN v. PEORIA & c. R'Y CO.

No. 438.

179 U.S. 335 (1900)

GABLEMAN v. PEORIA, DECATUR AND EVANSVILLE RAILWAY COMPANY.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided December 10, 1900.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. William Allan Cullop for plaintiff in error.

Mr. Walter S. Horton for defendants in error.


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

The general policy of the act of March 3, 1887, corrected by the act of August 13, 1888; 24 Stat. c. 373, p. 552; 25 Stat. c. 866, p. 433, as is apparent on its face, and as has been repeatedly recognized by this court, was to contract the jurisdiction of the Circuit Courts. Tennessee v. Union & Planters' Bank, 152 U.S. 454, 462,...

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