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SPRINGER v. PHILIPPINE ISLANDS

Nos. 564 and 573.

277 U.S. 189 (1928)

48 S.Ct. 480

72 L.Ed. 845

SPRINGER ET AL. v. GOVERNMENT OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS. AGONCILLO v. SAME.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 14, 1928.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. John W. Davis, with whom Messrs. Jose A. Santos, James Ross, Quintin Paredes, and Claro M. Recto were on the briefs, for petitioners.

Solicitor General Mitchell, with whom Messrs. Frederick C. Fisher, Wm. Cattron Rigby, Hugh C. Smith, Robert P. Reeder, Special Assistant to the Attorney General, John A. Hull, Judge Advocate General, U.S.A., and Delfin Jaranilla, Attorney General of the Philippine Islands, were on the brief, for respondent.

MR. JUSTICE SUTHERLAND delivered the opinion of the Court.

These cases, presenting substantially the same question, were argued and will be considered and disposed of together. In each case an action in the nature of quo warranto was brought in the court below challenging the right to hold office of directors of certain corporations organized under the legislative authority of the Philippine

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