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HOUSTON COAL CO. v. U.S.

No. 365.

262 U.S. 361 (1923)

HOUSTON COAL COMPANY v. UNITED STATES.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 4, 1923.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. A. Julius Freiberg and Mr. Ira Jewell Williams, with whom Mr. W.A. Geoghegan was on the briefs, for plaintiff in error.

Mr. Alfred A. Wheat, Special Assistant to the Attorney General, with whom Mr. Solicitor General Beck was on the brief, for the United States.

Mr. Ira Jewell Williams, Mr. Henry Hudson, Mr. F.R. Foraker, Mr. John H. Stone and Mr. Francis Shunk Brown, by leave of court, filed a brief as amici curiae.

MR. JUSTICE McREYNOLDS delivered the opinion of the Court.

This cause went off below on motion to dismiss the petition and the record presents a question of jurisdiction only. Judicial Code, § 238. Did the District Court have authority to hear and determine the issues tendered by plaintiff in error? The point is not free from difficulty; but, after considering the contending views, we conclude there was jurisdiction...

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