Prentis v. Atlantic Coast Line Company

by Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

United States Supreme Court

211 U.S. 210

Prentis  v.  Atlantic Coast Line Company No 270 Same

 Argued: October 16, 19, 20, 1908. --- Decided: November 30, 1908

Messrs. William A. Anderson, John W. Daniel, and A. Caperton Braxton for appellants.

[Argument of Counsel from pages 211-215 intentionally omitted]

Messrs. Alfred P. Thom, Alexander Hamilton, William B. McIlwaine, H. T. Wickham, Henry Taylor, Jr., S. S. P. Patteson, Henry L. Stone, Joseph I. Doran, Lucian H. Cocke, John K. Graves, and George H. Taylor for appellees.

[Argument of Counsel from pages 216-223 intentionally omitted]

Mr. Justice Holmes delivered the opinion of the court:

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