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East Tennessee, Virginia & Georgia Railroad v. Southern Telegraph Co.

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided April 9, 1888No. 107PublishedCited by 18 opinions

ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF ALABAMA.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Miller

It was suggested by a letter from counsel employed on one side of this suit that his party had sold out the interest which it had to the other party, who was prosecuting it now and was dommus litis on both sides. • A ruling was made some time ago, before the death of the late Chief Justice, in effect "that there was sufficient evidence to that effect to require the case to be dismissed unless the ‘side now prosecuting it for decision would show satisfactory evidence that it was a bona fide suit. ' Two attempts have been made, and we are agreed in the opinion that they are both failures and…

2Cited by18 opinions

  1. Mills v. GreenSupreme Court of the United States · 1895
  2. Estado Libre Asociado v. AguayoSupreme Court of Puerto Rico · 1958
  3. Hatfield v. KingSupreme Court of the United States · 1902
  4. Gordon Gould, Refac International, Limited, Patlex Corporation, and Creative Patents, Inc. v. Control Laser Corporation and Holobeam Laser CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 1989
  5. State v. LambertWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1902

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