Legal Opinion

White v. Butler

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided May 31, 1898No. Nos. 540, 541PublishedCited by 1 opinion

APPEALS FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE DISTRICT OF WEST VIRGINIA. The case is stated in the opinion.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Harlan

Butler, the appellee in the first of the above cases, was a storekeeper of the United States at the Hannis distillery at Martinsburg,' West-Virginia.

Ruckman, the appellee in the second case, was also a storekeeper at the same distillery.

The bill in each case is substantially like that in White v. Berry, ante, 366, just decided. The relief asked by Butler and Ruckman is the same as that asked by Berry, and the decree rendered in behalf of each was the same as that rendered in Berry's case.

For the reasons stated in the opinion just delivered in White v. Berry, the decree in each of the above…

2Cited by1 opinion

  1. White v. ButlerSupreme Court of the United States · 1898

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