Western Union Telegraph Co. v. Attorney General of Commonwealth

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided 1888-03-19

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Mr. Justice Miller delivered the opinion of the court. This is a writ of error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Massachusetts. The action was commenced in the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, sitting in equity, by an information on behalf of the ■ Commonwealth, by its Attorney General,'at the relation of the treasurer thereof, Alanson W. Beard. It was aft…

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