TIACO v. FORBES

Nos. 254, 255, 256.

228 U.S. 549 (1913)

TIACO v. FORBES. TICO v. SAME. SY CHANG v. SAME.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 5, 1913.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Jackson H. Ralston and Mr. Clement L. Bouve, with whom Mr. W. Morgan Shuster and Mr. Frederick L. Siddons were on the brief, for plaintiffs in error.

Mr. Felix Frankfurter, with whom Mr. Thurlow M. Gordon and Mr. George A. Malcolm were on the brief, for defendants in error.


MR. JUSTICE HOLMES delivered the opinion of the court.

The three plaintiffs in error severally sued the defendants in error, alleging that Mr. Forbes was the Governor General of the Philippines, Trowbridge Chief of the Secret Service of Manila and Harding Chief of Police of the same; that the plaintiff was a Chinese person lawfully resident in the Philippines, and that the defendants...

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