ATWATER & CO. v. UNITED STATES

No. 17.

275 U.S. 188 (1927)

ATWATER & COMPANY v. UNITED STATES.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided November 21, 1927.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Messrs. Walter Carroll Low and Carroll Blakely Low were on the brief for appellant.

Solicitor General Mitchell and Mr. Gardner P. Lloyd, Special Assistant to the Attorney General, were on the brief for the United States.


MR. JUSTICE BUTLER delivered the opinion of the Court.

A demurrer to the amended petition was sustained; judgment dismissing the action was entered, and appeal was taken under §§ 242 and 243 of the Judicial Code, before the taking effect of the Amendment of February 13, 1925.

The substance of the allegations follows. Claimant was a shipper of coal. In June, 1917, there was organized an unincorporated association called the Tidewater Coal Exchange...

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