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ST. LOUIS & SAN FRANCISCO R'Y v. MATHEWS

No. 105.

165 U.S. 1 (1897)

17 S.Ct. 243

41 L.Ed. 611

ST. LOUIS AND SAN FRANCISCO RAILWAY COMPANY v. MATHEWS.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided January 4, 1897.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. David D. Duncan, (with whom were Mr. John F. Dillon and Mr. Winslow F. Pierce on his brief,) for plaintiff in error.

Mr. L.F. Parker filed a brief for plaintiff in error

Mr. Percy Werner and Mr. Garland Pollard, for defendant in error, submitted on their brief.

MR. JUSTICE GRAY, after stating the case, delivered the opinion of the court.

The only question presented by the record, of which this court has jurisdiction, is whether there is anything inconsistent with the Constitution of the United States in the statute of Missouri of March 31, 1887, by which every railroad corporation owning or operating a railroad in the State is made responsible in damages for property of any person injured or destroyed by fire communicated...

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