117 U.S. 197
Supreme Court of the United States
Filed March 8, 1886.
Supreme Court of the United States
Relies on Gibson v. Bruce
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Affirmed · 9–0 ·
Cited by 6 later decisions — most recently January 1960
4 state decisions
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S. Watson, for defendant in error.
No brief filed for plaintiff in error.
WAITE, C. J.
The order remanding this cause is affirmed on the authority of Gibson v. Bruce, 108 U. S. 561, S. C. 2 Sup. Ct. Rep. 873, it being admitted that both the plaintiff and the defendant were citizens of Tennessee at the time the suit was brought.