Case Name: STANDARD OIL CO. v. BELL et al.
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1898-05-24
Citations: 87 F. 1006
Docket Number: No. 598
Parties: STANDARD OIL CO. v. BELL et al.
Judges: Before PARDEE and MeCORMIGK, Circuit Judges, and SWAYNE, District Judge.
Reporter: Federal Reporter
Volume: 87
Pages: 1006–1006

Head Matter:
STANDARD OIL CO. v. BELL et al.
(Circuit Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
May 24, 1898.)
No. 598.
In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern District of Florida. This is an action brought by William J. Bell and others against the Standard Oil Company to recover possession of land and damages for the occupation and use thereof. Judgment for plaintiffs, and defendant brings error.
Affirmed.
J. C. Cooper, W. W. Howe, W. B. Spencer, and G. B. Cocke, for plaintiff in error. H. Bisbee, for defendants in error.
Before PARDEE and MeCORMIGK, Circuit Judges, and SWAYNE, District Judge.

Opinion:
McCORMICK, Circuit Judge.
This ease is identical in its substantial issues with the case of Railroad Co. v. Bell (just decided) 87 Fed. 369, the plaintiff in error in this case claiming under the Florida Central & Peninsular Railroad Company; and, on the ground and for the reasons given and suggested in the opinion in that case, the judgment of the circuit court in this ease is affirmed.