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AMERICAN SCHOOL OF MAGNETIC HEALING v. McANNULTY

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided January 29, 1902No. 27PublishedCited by 237 opinions

APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF MISSOURI. This is an appeal under section 5 of the Circuit 'Court of Appeals act of 1891, to review directly the decree of the Circuit Court of the United States for the Western District of Missouri, dismissing the bill of complainants (appellants) on the merits.

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APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF MISSOURI. This is an appeal under section 5 of the Circuit 'Court of Appeals act of 1891, to review directly the decree of the Circuit Court of the United States for the Western District of Missouri, dismissing the bill of complainants (appellants) on the merits. The bill, as amended by leave of the court, averred in substance that the complainants are, the one a business corporation incorporated under the laws of and doing business in the State of Missouri, and the other a resident and citizen of the State of…

1Opinion of the Court

Mr. Justice Peceham,

after making the foregoing statement of facts, delivered tbe opinion of the court.

The bill ,of the complainants as amended raises some grave questions of constitutional law which, in the view the court takes of the case, it is unnecessary to decide. We may assume, without deciding or expressing any opinion thereon, the con-" stitutionality in all particulars of the statutes above referred to, and therefore the questions arising in the case will be limited, (1) to the inquiry as to whether the action of the Postmaster General under the circumstances set forth in the…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Burfenning v. Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1896
  2. Johnson v. DrewSupreme Court of the United States · 1898
  3. Gardner v. BonestellSupreme Court of the United States · 1901

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  4. Perkins v. Lukens Steel Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1940
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