Case: Mississippi Central R. Co. et al. v. Smith
Abbreviation: Mississippi Central R. v. Smith
Decision Date: 1936-12-21
Docket Number: No. 543
Citation: 299 U.S. 518
Volume: 299
Reporter: United States Reports
Court: Supreme Court of the United States
Jurisdiction: United States
Parties: Mississippi Central R. Co. et al. v. Smith.
Judges: 
Pages: 518–518

Head Matter:
No. 543.
Mississippi Central R. Co. et al. v. Smith.
Jurisdictional statement distributed December 12, 1936.
Decided December 21, 1936.
Mr. Thomas Brady, Jr., for appellants.
Messrs. Wm. H. Watkins, S. B. Laub, and Charles F. Engle for appellee.

Opinion:
Per Curiam:
The motion of the appellee to dismiss the appeal is granted, and the appeal is dsmissed for the want of jurisdiction. Section 237 (a), Judicial Code, as amended by the Act of February 13, 1925 (43 Stat. 936, 937). Treating the papers whereon the appeal was allowed as a petition for writ of certiorari, as required by § 237 (c), Judicial Code, as amended (43 Stat. 936, 938), certiorari is denied. The motion of the appellee to allow damages is granted, and it is ordered that damages of five hundred dollars, payable to the appellee, be taxed against appellants. Mississippi Central R. Co. v. Roberts, 296 U. S. 536; Mississippi Central R. Co. v. Aultman, 296 U. S. 537.