SAVANNAH, FLORIDA AND WESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY
v.
FLORIDA FRUIT EXCHANGE
SAVANNAH, FLORIDA AND WESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY
FLORIDA FRUIT EXCHANGE
167 U.S. 512
Supreme Court of the United States (1897)
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Also reported at: 42 L. Ed. 257 · 17 S. Ct. 998 · 1897 U.S. LEXIS 2112 · SCDB 1896-213
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Opinion of the Court
Mr. Justice Brewer delivered the opinion of the court. The conclusions announced in the case just decided dispose of this; and for the reasons stated in' that opinion, the judgment of the Court of Appeals is reversed, and the case remanded to the Circuit Court, with instructions to enter a decree for the defendant, dismissing the bill without prejudice.
Mr. Justice Harlan dissented.
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