YAZOO AND MISSISSIPPI V. R'Y CO. v. ADAMS

No. 35.

180 U.S. 1 (1901)

YAZOO AND MISSISSIPPI VALLEY RAILWAY CO. v. ADAMS.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided January 7, 1901.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. William D. Guthrie and Mr. Edward Mayes for plaintiffs in error. Mr. James Fentress, Mr. Noel Gale and Mr. J.M. Dickinson were on their brief.

Mr. R.C. Beckett for defendant in error. Mr. Frank A. Critz and Mr. J.A.P. Campbell were on his brief.


MR. JUSTICE BROWN, after making the above statement of the case, delivered the opinion of the court.

Motion was made to dismiss this writ of error upon the grounds: First, that the Federal question was not raised until after the decision of the Supreme Court on June 20, 1898. Second, that the action of the defendants in withdrawing their pleas and permitting a judgment nil dicit to go against them, because the circuit court had struck from the files their additional...

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