Texas v. Florida

Argued on Exceptions to Report of Special Master Feb. 7, 1939.

Decided March 13, 1939.

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Messrs. William McCraw, Atty. Gen., Llewellyn B. Duke and William M. Hill, Asst. Attys. Gen., all of Austin, Tex., for State of Texas.

Messrs. John J. Bennett, Jr., Atty. Gen., Seth T. Cole, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Mortimer M. Kassell and William M. O'Reilly, all of Albany, N.Y., for State of New York.

Messrs. George Couper Gibbs, Atty. Gen., and H. E. Carter, Asst. Atty. Gen., both of Tallahassee, Fla., and Edgar G. Hamilton, of West Palm Beach, Fla., for State of Florida.

Messrs. Paul A. Dever, Atty. Gen., Edward O. Proctor, Asst. Atty. Gen., and Henry F. Long, all of Boston, Mass., and T. Ludlow Chrystie, of New York City, for State of Massachusetts.

Messrs. Harrison Tweed, Timothy N. Pfeiffer, Walter E. Hope, and George W. Jaques, all of New York City, for Wilks.

Mr. Justice STONE delivered the opinion of the Court.