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Williamson v. City of Clay Center

Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

Decided September 4, 1916No. Nos. 4492-4494PublishedCited by 4 opinions

Quo warranto by the City of Clay Center against the Clay Center Eight & Power Company, the Merrimack River Savings Bank, and F. L. Williamson. Decree for complainant, and defendants Williamson and the Savings Bank bring error and also appeal. In Error to and Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the District of Kansas; John C. Pollock, Judge. Action at law for damages by F. E. Williamson against the City of Clay Center and others.

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Quo warranto by the City of Clay Center against the Clay Center Eight & Power Company, the Merrimack River Savings Bank, and F. L. Williamson. Decree for complainant, and defendants Williamson and the Savings Bank bring error and also appeal. In Error to and Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the District of Kansas; John C. Pollock, Judge. Action at law for damages by F. E. Williamson against the City of Clay Center and others. Judgment for plaintiff for less than his claim, from which he brings error.

1Opinion of the Court

BOOTH, District Judge.

Nos. 4492 and 4493, entitled F. L. Williamson and Merrimack River Savings Bank v. City of Clay Center, represent respectively a writ of error and an appeal in a case, No. 8940 in the court below, entitled City of Clay Center'v. Clay Center Light & Power Company, Merrimack River Savings Bank, and F. L. Williamson. The. defendant Clay Center Light & Power Company disclaimed in the court below, and the other defendants 'have pursued their remedy, both by writ of error and by appeal from the decision of the court below.

No. 4494, entitled F. L. Williamson v. City of Clay…

2Cases cited17 opinions

  1. Old Colony Trust Co. v. City of OmahaSupreme Court of the United States · 1913
  2. Keokuk & Western Railroad v. MissouriSupreme Court of the United States · 1894
  3. Humphreys v. McKissockSupreme Court of the United States · 1891
  4. Merrimack River Savings Bank v. City of Clay CenterSupreme Court of the United States · 1911
  5. Louisville Trust Co. v. City of CincinnatiCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1896

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3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Chase National Bank v. City of NorwalkSupreme Court of the United States · 1934
  2. Henschke v. ChristianSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1949
  3. Landon v. Public Utilities CommissionDistrict Court, D. Kansas · 1917
  4. Schiltz v. FergusonSupreme Court of Iowa · 1930

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