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HEDRICK v. ATCHISON, TOPEKA &C. RAILROAD

No. 154.

167 U.S. 673 (1897)

17 S.Ct. 922

42 L.Ed. 320

HEDRICK, v. ATCHISON, TOPEKA AND SANTA FÉ RAILROAD COMPANY.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 24, 1897.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Marcus T.C. Williams for plaintiff in error. Mr. Albert C. Widdicombe was on his brief.

Mr. Samuel W. Moore for the railroad company. Mr. Gardiner Lathrop and Mr. B.E. Guthrie were on his brief and also Mr. Joseph Park as attorney for Wilson and Sanders.

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

This was an action of ejectment brought and tried in the circuit court of Adair County, Missouri. At the trial a jury was waived, and the court made a finding of facts, and thereupon entered judgment in favor of the defendants. Upon a writ of error to the Supreme Court of Missouri the findings by the circuit court were received as conclusive upon all the facts in issue, although, indeed...

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