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McKEE v. GRATZ

No. 61.

260 U.S. 127 (1922)

43 S.Ct. 16

67 L.Ed. 167

McKEE ET AL. v. GRATZ.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided November 13, 1922.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Lon O. Hocker, with whom Mr. William Hoffman, Mr. Arthur Hoffman, Mr. Frank H. Sullivan and Mr. Ralph T. Finley were on the briefs, for petitioners.

Mr. S. Mayner Wallace for respondent.

Mr. Frank M. Swacker, by leave of court, filed a brief as amicus curiae.

MR. JUSTICE HOLMES delivered the opinion of the Court.

This is a suit brought by the respondent, who is also a cross-petitioner, to recover the value of mussel shells removed from the lands of the respondent's assignor and manufactured by the petitioners into buttons. It was brought in a Court of the State of Missouri, but was removed to the District Court of the United States. There were two counts; one simply for the conversion of the shells and a second alleging...

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