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GEORGIA v. TENNESSEE COPPER CO.

No. 1, Original.

237 U.S. 474 (1915)

35 S.Ct. 631

59 L.Ed. 1054

STATE OF GEORGIA v. TENNESSEE COPPER COMPANY AND DUCKTOWN SULPHUR, COPPER & IRON COMPANY, LIMITED.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 10, 1915.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Warren Grice and Mr. J.A. Drake, with whom Mr. Lamar Hill was on the brief, for complainant.

Mr. J.A. Fowler and Mr. W.B. Miller for defendant Ducktown Company.

MR. JUSTICE McREYNOLDS delivered the opinion of the court.

Both defendants are smelting copper ores in Polk County, East Tennessee, near the Georgia line. The works of the Tennessee Company, much the larger of the two, are situated within half a mile of the line; those of the Ducktown Company are some two and one-half miles away. The ores contain a very large amount of sulphur — around 20% — and in the process of smelting great quantities of sulphur...

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