Missouri v. Chicago, Burlington, & Quincy Railroad Company

Missouri v. Chicago, Burlington, & Quincy Railroad Company by Edward Douglass White Syllabus

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United States Supreme Court

241 U.S. 533

MISSOURI  v.  CHICAGO, BURLINGTON, & QUINCY RAILROAD COMPANY

 Argued: May 3 and 4, 1916. --- Decided: June 12, 1916

Mr. John T. Barker, Attorney General of Missouri, and Messrs. Lee B. Ewing, W. T. Rutherford, and Kenneth C. Sears for complainant.

Messrs. O. M. Spencer, Frank Hagerman, and Chester M. Dawes for defendant.

[Argument of Counsel from pages 534-535 intentionally omitted]

Messrs. F. W. Paschal, Clifford B. Allen, W. T. Alden, Ernest E. Watson, and Herbert A. Abernethy as amici curioe.

Mr. Chief Justice White delivered the opinion of the court:

Notes

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