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SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION v. ST. JOHN

No. 613.

214 U.S. 19 (1909)

SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION v. ST. JOHN, EXECUTOR OF WALLACE C. ANDREWS, DECEASED.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 17, 1909.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Frank W. Hackett and Mr. Edmund Wetmore for plaintiffs in error.

Mr. James W. Hawes, Mr. Virgil P. Kline and Mr. Harold Nathan for defendants in error. Mr. Hawes for defendant in error St. John.

MR. JUSTICE BREWER, after making the foregoing statement, delivered the opinion of the court.

It is difficult to spell out from the record in this case the decision of any question arising under the Constitution and laws of the United States. Neither in the pleadings nor in the opinions is there a direct reference to any special provision of the Federal Constitution. It is true that after the decision by the Court of Appeals...

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