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France Vs. Missouri
Court: US Supreme Court
Decided on: Oct-25-1880
France v. Missouri - 154 U.S. 667 (1880) U.S. Supreme Court France v. Missouri, 154 U.S. 667 (1880) France v. Missouri No. 915 Submitted October 18, 1880 Decided October 25, 1880 154 U.S. 667 ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF MISSOURI Syllabus No federal question is raised in this case. Motion to dismiss. The case is stated in the opinion. MR. CHIEF JUSTICE WAITE delivered the opinion of the Court. This was a proceeding by quo warranto to exclude the plaintiffs in error, who were the defendants below, from the further use of the franchises of a lottery, known as the "Missouri State Lottery," on the ground that the event had happened which fixed the period for the termination of the grant under which they were acting. This was in legal effect all that the petition contained. The defendants, in their answer, conceded that their grant was to terminate on the happening of a certain event, but insisted that this event had not yet taken place because they had for a t...
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