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UNITED STATES v. WESTERN UNION TEL. CO.

No. 19.

160 U.S. 53 (1895)

16 S.Ct. 210

40 L.Ed. 337

UNITED STATES, v. WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY AND UNION PACIFIC RAILWAY COMPANY.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided November 18, 1895.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Solicitor General Maxwell for plaintiff in error.

Mr. Rush Taggart for defendants in error.

MR. JUSTICE HARLAN delivered the opinion of the court.

This action was brought by the United States to recover from the defendants in error the sum of $12,495.62, which amount, it is alleged, was paid to the Western Union Telegraph Company on account of telegraph messages transmitted for the Government, after July 1, 1881, over telegraph lines operated by that company on and over the route of the Union Pacific Railway, and was wrongfully divided between the two defendants...

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