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BUTTFIELD v. STRANAHAN

No. 294.

192 U.S. 470 (1904)

24 S.Ct. 349

48 L.Ed. 525

BUTTFIELD v. STRANAHAN.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided February 23, 1904.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. James L. Bishop, with whom Mr. James H. Simpson was on the brief, for plaintiff in error, in this case and in 294 and 516, which were argued simultaneously therewith.

Mr. Edward B. Whitney, special assistant to the Attorney General, with whom Mr. Solicitor General Hoyt was on the brief, for defendant in error.

MR. JUSTICE WHITE, after making the foregoing statement, delivered the opinion of the court.

The assignments of error assail the act of the trial court in denying the motion for the direction of a verdict in favor of plaintiff and in giving a peremptory instruction in favor of the defendant. Summarized, the contentions are as follows: 1, that the act of March 2, 1897, confers authority to establish standards, and that such...

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