ST. LOUIS, I. MT. & SO. RY. CO. v. STARBIRD

Nos. 275, 796.

243 U.S. 592 (1917)

37 S.Ct. 462

61 L.Ed. 917

ST. LOUIS, IRON MOUNTAIN & SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY v. STARBIRD, ADMINISTRATOR OF MILLER. STARBIRD, ADMINISTRATOR OF MILLER, v. ST. LOUIS, IRON MOUNTAIN & SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 30, 1917.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Thomas B. Pryor, with whom Mr. Edward J. White was on the briefs, for the St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Ry. Co.

Mr. Robert A. Rowe, with whom Mr. Charles D. Folsom was on the briefs, for Starbird.


MR. JUSTICE DAY delivered the opinion of the court.

A motion is made to dismiss the writ of error upon the ground that no federal question was properly raised in the state court. The disposition of this motion requires a consideration of § 237 of the Judicial Code, which section is in effect but a re-enactment of § 25 of the Judiciary Act of September 24, 1789, and § 709 of the Revised Statutes of the United...

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