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UNITED STATES v. WHITRIDGE

Nos. 466, 467.

231 U.S. 144 (1913)

34 S.Ct. 24

58 L.Ed. 159

UNITED STATES v. WHITRIDGE, RECEIVER OF THE THIRD AVENUE RAILROAD COMPANY. UNITED STATES v. JOLINE AND ROBINSON, RECEIVERS OF THE METROPOLITAN STREET RAILWAY COMPANY.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided November 10, 1913.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Assistant Attorney General Graham for the United States.

Mr. Joseph H. Choate, Jr., with whom Mr. Matthew C. Fleming was on the brief, for respondents in No. 466.

Mr. Arthur H. Masten, with whom Mr. Ellis W. Leavenworth was on the brief, for respondents in No. 467.

MR. JUSTICE PITNEY delivered the opinion of the court.

These cases were heard together in the District Court and in the Circuit Court of Appeals (sub nom. Pennsylvania Steel Company v. New York City Railway Company, 193 Fed. Rep. 286; 198 Fed. Rep. 774). They were argued together in this court, and may be disposed of in a single opinion.

In the years 1909 and 1910 certain lines of street railway in the City of New York, that may be conveniently...

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