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CLEVELAND-CLIFFS IRON CO. V. ARCTIC IRON CO., 248 U. S. 178 (1918)

248 U. S. 178

U.S. Supreme Court

Cleveland-Cliffs Iron Co. v. Arctic Iron Co., 248 U.S. 178 (1918)

Cleveland-Cliffs Iron Company v. Arctic Iron Company

No. 75

Argued November 22, 1918

Decided December 23, 1918

248 U.S. 178

Syllabus

A certificate from the circuit court of appeals consisting of recitals of facts interblended with questions of law, or of recitals which fail in themselves to distinguish between ultimate and merely evidential facts, affords no basis under the statute (Jud.Code § 239) either for answering the questions propounded or for exercising the discretionary power to call up the whole record, and must be dismissed.

Certificate dismissed. clubjuris

Page 248 U. S. 179

The case is stated in the opinion.


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