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NORTHERN PACIFIC RAILROAD CO. v. ELLIS

No. 1495.

144 U.S. 458 (1892)

12 S.Ct. 724

36 L.Ed. 504

NORTHERN PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY, v. ELLIS.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 11, 1892.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. William F. Vilas for the motion.

Mr. A.H. Garland and Mr. H.J. May opposing.

MR. CHIEF JUSTICE FULLER, after stating the case, delivered the opinion of the court.

The motion to dismiss the writ of error must be sustained. The decision of the Supreme Court of Wisconsin rested upon an independent ground not involving a Federal question and broad enough to maintain the judgment. Hammond v. Johnston, 142 U.S. 73.

The Supreme Court held that by reason...

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