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BOWMAN v. CHICAGO &C. RAILWAY CO.

No. 798.

125 U.S. 465 (1888)

8 S.Ct. 1062

31 L.Ed. 700

BOWMAN, v. CHICAGO AND NORTHWESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 19, 1888.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Louis J. Blum and Mr. Edgar C. Blum for plaintiffs in error.

Mr. A.J. Baker, Attorney General of the State of Iowa, for defendant in error.

Mr. James E. Munroe and Mr. W.C. Goudy also filed a brief for defendants in error.

MR. JUSTICE MATTHEWS, after stating the case as above reported, delivered the opinion of the court.

It is not denied that the declaration sets out a good cause of action. It alleges that the defendant was possessed of and operated a certain railway, by means of which it became and was a common carrier of goods and chattels thereon for hire, from the city of Chicago, in the State of Illinois, to the city of Council Bluffs...

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