Case: Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Company v. Williams Slate Company
Abbreviation: Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co. v. Williams Slate Co.
Decision Date: 1926-01-11
Docket Number: No. 787
Citation: 269 U.S. 540
Volume: 269
Reporter: United States Reports
Court: Supreme Court of the United States
Jurisdiction: United States
Parties: Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Company v. Williams Slate Company.
Judges: 
Pages: 540–541

Head Matter:
No. 787.
Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Company v. Williams Slate Company.
Motion to dismiss submitted January 4, 1926.
Decided January 11, 1926.

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
Dismissed for want of jurisdiction upon the authority of section 237 of the Judicial Code as amended by the act of September 6,1916, c. 448, sec. 2, 39 Stat. 726; Jett Bros. Distilling Co. v. Carrollton, 252 U. S. 1, 5, 6. Petition for certiorari denied, and, there appearing to be no reasonable ground for granting the petition, a penalty, of $25 is awarded respondent and against the petitioner as reasonable damages for the delay under the proviso in. sectipn C of section 237 of the Judicial Code,. as amended by the act of February 13; 1925, c. 229, sec. 1, 43 Stat. 937.
Messrs. Samuel A. Anderson and' Arden Hpvhell for. defendant in error, in support of the motion.
Messrs. David H. Leake and Walter Leake for plaintiff in error, in opposition thereto.