West Virginia v. Adams Express Co.
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of West Virginia, at Charleston; Ben jam-in F. Keller, Judge. Suit for injunction by the State of West Virginia against the Adams Express Company, an association. From a decree of the District Court dismissing the bill (219 Fed. 331), complainant appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
WOODS, Circuit Judge.
The state of West Virginia brought this suit in the circuit court of Kanawha county against the Adams Express Company, R. H. Clendenin, and Edward Beigel, alleging: That Beigel, a resident of Cincinnati, Ohio, sent through the mails to many persons in West Virginia circular letters soliciting the purchase of intoxicating liquors, contrary, to the law of the state; that Clendenin, induced by the solicitation, ordered from Beigel one-fourth of a barrel of beer which was carried by the Adams Express Company from Cincinnati to Charleston, W. Va., and was there held by the…
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