ATHERTON MILLS v. JOHNSTON

No. 16.

259 U.S. 13 (1922)

ATHERTON MILLS v. JOHNSTON ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Restored for reargument June 6, 1921.

reargued March 7, 8, 1922.

Decided May 15, 1922.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Solicitor General Beck, with whom Mr. Robert P. Reeder was on the brief, for the United States, as amici curiae.1

Mr. William P. Bynum and Mr. W.M. Hendren, with whom Mr. Clement Manly and Mr. Junius Parker were on the briefs, for appellees.


Restored to docket for reargument June 6, 1921.

MR. CHIEF JUSTICE TAFT delivered the opinion of the court.

The two Johnstons, father and son, citizens of North Carolina, the former in his own right, and as the authorized next friend of his son, filed their bill of complaint April 15, 1919, against the Atherton Mills, a corporation of the same State. The bill averred that Johnston, the son, was a minor between the ages...

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