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O'Brien v. Wheelock

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O'Brien v. Wheelock
by Melvin Fuller
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832369O'Brien v. Wheelock — SyllabusMelvin Fuller
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United States Supreme Court

184 U.S. 450

O'Brien  v.  Wheelock

 Argued: October 21, 22, 1901. --- Decided: February 24, 1902

This case is brought here by certiorari to the circuit court of appeals for the seventh circuit to review a decree of the circuit court of the United States for the southern district of Illinois, 78 Fed. 673, affirmed by the court of appeals, 37 C. C. A. 309, 95 Fed. 883. The bill relates to certain proceedings under an act of the general assembly of the state of Illinois, approved April 24, 1871, entitled 'An Act to Provide for the Construction and Protection of Drains, Ditches, Levees, and Other Works.' The opinion of the circuit court of appeals was delivered by Mr. Justice Harlan, presiding as circuit justice, and the case is therein stated thus:

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This work is in the public domain in the United States because it is a work of the United States federal government (see 17 U.S.C. 105).

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