Legal Opinion
Moses v. The Mayor
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided March 18, 1873PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
82 U.S. 387
21 L.Ed. 176
15 Wall. 387
MOSES
v.
THE MAYOR.
December Term, 1872
1
ON motion of Mr. P. Phillips, to dismiss for want of juris diction; the case being thus:
2
Moses and another had filed their bill in a State court of Alabama, asserting that a law of that State authorized them, on payment of a certain sum, to establish a lottery; that they had paid the sum and established a lottery accordingly. They now complained that they had been several times arrested by the mayor's police, charged with gambling, and had been thus obstructed in the pursuit of their business. The bill then prayed an…
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- Moses v. MayorSupreme Court of the United States · 1872
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