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SANTA FE PACIFIC R.R. v. HOLMES

No. 235.

202 U.S. 438 (1906)

26 S.Ct. 676

50 L.Ed. 1094

SANTA FE PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY v. HOLMES.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 21, 1906.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Gardiner Lathrop, with whom Mr. T.J. Norton, Mr. E.W. Camp and Mr. Robert Dunlap were on the brief, for plaintiff in error.

Mr. W.H. Stilwell, with whom Mr. Byron Waters and Mr. Win Wylie were on the brief, for defendant in error.

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

The case here is in narrow compass both as to the facts and the law. It is apparent that none of the operators of train No. 4 was guilty of negligence. The second special order indicated Franconia as the meeting point of the trains and that train No. 4 should reach there before 5.17, the leaving time for train No. 3. This it could have accomplished notwithstanding the delay at...

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