Moss v. Gulf Compress Co.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern Division of the Southern District of Mississippi; Henry C. Niles, Judge. Action at law by Ben C. Moss against the Gulf Compress Company; C. C. Hanson, receiver. Judgment for defendant, and plaintiff brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
GRUBB, District Judge.
This is a writ of error to review a judgment for the defendant below and the defendant in error in this court on a verdict directed by the court below at the conclusion of the plaintiff’s testimony.
[1] There is submitted, also, a motion to dismiss or affirm. The motion to dismiss is based upon the ground that the petition to obtain the writ of error, the order allowing it, the writ itself, the assignment of errors, the bond, and the citation are all entitled as of the Circuit Court of the United States, when, in fact, the Circuit Court had been abolished before the writ…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Hough v. Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1880
- Northern Pacific Railroad v. PetersonSupreme Court of the United States · 1896
- Alaska Treadwell Gold Min. Co. v. WhelanSupreme Court of the United States · 1897
- Northern Pacific Railway Co. v. DixonSupreme Court of the United States · 1904
- Ballard v. Mississippi Cotton Oil Co.Mississippi Supreme Court · 1902
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3Cited by5 opinions
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- Cybur Lumber Co. v. ErkhartMississippi Supreme Court · 1918
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- Walton v. Southern Pac. Co.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1931