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SOUTHERN PACIFIC RAILROAD v. CALIFORNIA

No. 560.

162 U.S. 167 (1896)

16 S.Ct. 794

40 L.Ed. 929

SOUTHERN PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY, v. CALIFORNIA.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 16, 1896.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. J. Hubley Ashton, (with whom was Mr. Charles H. Tweed on the brief,) for plaintiff in error.

Mr. J.P. Langhorne and Mr. J.H. Miller, (with whom was Mr. W.F. Fitzgerald, Attorney General of the State of California, on the brief,) for defendant in error.

THE CHIEF JUSTICE:

This is a writ of error to a judgment of the Supreme Court of the State of California affirming the judgment of the Superior Court of the city and county of San Francisco, and affirming an order of the Superior Court denying a new trial, in an action brought in the name of the people of the State of California against the Southern Pacific Railroad Company, under section 3670 of the Political Code of California, for the recovery of moneys alleged...

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