CHICAGO G.W.R.R. CO. v. BASHAM

No. 111.

249 U.S. 164 (1919)

CHICAGO GREAT WESTERN RAILROAD COMPANY v. BASHAM, ADMINISTRATOR OF SPELLMAN.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 3, 1919.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. George H. Carr, Mr. Fred P. Carr and Mr. O.M. Brockett for plaintiff in error. Mr. Donald Evans was also on the briefs.

Mr. Thomas A. Cheshire and Mr. Howard H. Clark for defendant in error.


MR. JUSTICE PITNEY delivered the opinion of the court.

This is a writ of error directed to the court of last resort of a State since the taking effect of the Act of September 6, 1916, c. 448, 39 Stat. 726, by the second section of which § 237, Judicial Code, was so amended that the revisory jurisdiction of this court over the decisions of state courts, exercisable by writ of error, was confined to cases involving the...

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