Merchants' Cotton Press & Storage Co. v. Insurance Co. of North America
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE. The case is stated at length in the opinion of the court. For. the purpose of understanding the brief of counsel, the condensed statement in the head-note is sufficient. There was also a motion, to dismiss or affirm.
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ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE. The case is stated at length in the opinion of the court. For. the purpose of understanding the brief of counsel, the condensed statement in the head-note is sufficient. There was also a motion, to dismiss or affirm. I. The motion to affirm should not be entertained for the reason that-, though it is nominally coupled with a motion to dismiss, such- motion to dismiss is. colorable only, and manifestly made for the purpose of bringing on the motion to affirm. Whitney v. Cook, 99 U. S. 607. The record shows that the question upon which the…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Jackson
The writ of error in each of these seven causes (which were submitted together) presents the- same Federal questions, which are, first, whether the Supreme Court of Tennessee erred in sustaining the action of the chancery court of Shelby County of that State, denying the petition of several of the plaintiffs in error to remove the cause to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Western District of Tennessee; and, secondly, in holding that certain alleged special rates, rebates, or drawbacks, allowed by Anthony J. Thomas and ■Charles E. Tracy, receivers of the Cairo, Yincennes and…
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