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GALVESTON WHARF CO. v. GALVESTON

No. 19.

260 U.S. 473 (1923)

43 S.Ct. 168

67 L.Ed. 355

GALVESTON WHARF COMPANY ET AL. v. CITY OF GALVESTON ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided January 2, 1923.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. J.W. Terry for appellants.

Mr. Frank S. Anderson, with whom Mr. James W. Wayman was on the brief, for appellees.

MR. JUSTICE HOLMES delivered the opinion of the Court.

This is an appeal from a decree of the District Court dismissing a bill in equity for want of jurisdiction, on the ground that the bill states no federal question. The ground appears by the decree and also by the certificate of the Judge. Act of March 3, 1911, c. 231, (the Judicial Code), § 238, 36 Stat. 1087, 1157; amended by Act of January 28, 1915, c. 22, 38 Stat. 803, 804.

The bill alleges a contract...

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