Supreme Court of the United States April 7, 1902, 187 (Sweringen v. St. Louis)

Me. Justice Beckham,

after making the foregoing-statement of facts, delivered the opinion of the court.

• A motion was made in this case to dismiss the writ of error for lack of jurisdiction, and a decision of the motion was reserved

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until after an argument of the case upon the merits. The whole case having been argued, it becomes necessary to dispose of the motion to dismiss.