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WRIGHT v. YNCHAUSTI & CO.

No. 316.

272 U.S. 640 (1926)

47 S.Ct. 229

71 L.Ed. 454

WRIGHT v. YNCHAUSTI AND COMPANY.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided December 13, 1926.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Messrs. L.H. Hedrick and O.R. McGuire for the petitioner.

Mr. William H. Lawrence, with whom Messrs. F.W. Clements, Lawrence H. Cake, and Alexander Britton were on the brief, for the respondent.

MR. CHIEF JUSTICE TAFT delivered the opinion of the Court.

This case was begun by a petition filed by Ynchausti and Company, January 19, 1925, in the Supreme Court of the Philippine Islands, under § 2947 of the Compiled Acts of the Philippine Commission, 1907, for an original writ of mandamus directed to Ben F. Wright, Insular Auditor, to require him to countersign a warrant for 159,960 pesos drawn by the Insular Collector...

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