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W.U. TEL. CO. v. MASSACHUSETTS

No. 1325.

125 U.S. 530 (1888)

8 S.Ct. 961

31 L.Ed. 790

WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY, v. THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 19, 1888.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. George S. Hale, (with whom were Mr. Charles W. Wells and Mr. Willard Brown on the brief).

Mr. Andrew J. Waterman, Attorney General of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and Mr. Henry C. Bliss, Assistant Attorney General of that State, cited.

MR. JUSTICE MILLER delivered the opinion of the court.

This is a writ of error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Massachusetts.

The action was commenced in the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, sitting in equity, by an information on behalf of the Commonwealth, by its Attorney General, at the relation of the treasurer thereof, Alanson W. Beard. It was afterwards removed, upon motion...

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