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CENTRAL OF GEORGIA RY. CO. v. MURPHEY

No. 111.

196 U.S. 194 (1905)

25 S.Ct. 218

49 L.Ed. 444

CENTRAL OF GEORGIA RAILWAY COMPANY v. MURPHEY.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided January 9, 1905.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. John I. Hall, with whom Mr. Henry C. Cunningham, Mr. Lloyd Cleveland and Mr. Robert L. Berner were on the brief, for plaintiff in error.

Mr. W.W. Lambdin, with whom Mr. Hoke Smith was on the brief, for defendants in error.

MR. JUSTICE PECKHAM, after making the foregoing statement, delivered the opinion of the court.

The Supreme Court of Georgia has held in this case that the statute applies to shipments of freight destined to points outside, as well as to those inside the State, and we must accept that construction of the state statute. The question for us to decide is whether the statute, when applied to an interstate shipment of freight,...

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