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JONES v. BUFFALO CREEK COAL CO.

No. 293.

245 U.S. 328 (1917)

38 S.Ct. 121

62 L.Ed. 325

JONES ET AL. v. BUFFALO CREEK COAL & COKE COMPANY.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided December 10, 1917.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Maynard F. Stiles for plaintiffs in error.

Mr. William R. Lilly and Mr. Robert C. Alston, with whom Mr. Philip H. Alston, Mr. C.W. Campbell, Mr. Douglas W. Brown, Mr. Cary N. Davis and Mr. R.L. Shrewsbury were on the briefs, for defendant in error.

MR. JUSTICE BRANDEIS delivered the opinion of the court.

This is an action of ejectment brought by the Buffalo Creek Coal & Coke Company in the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of West Virginia. Jurisdiction of that court was invoked solely on the ground of diversity of citizenship. A verdict was directed for the plaintiff below; and the case was brought here by direct writ of error, defendants below claiming that, by the action of...

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