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PENNSYLVANIA R.R. v. SONMAN COAL CO.

No. 10.

242 U.S. 120 (1916)

37 S.Ct. 46

61 L.Ed. 188

PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD COMPANY v. SONMAN SHAFT COAL COMPANY.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided December 4, 1916.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Francis I. Gowen and Mr. John G. Johnson, with whom Mr. F.D. McKenney was on the briefs, for plaintiff in error.

Mr. A.M. Liveright and Mr. A.L. Cole for defendant in error.

MR. JUSTICE VAN DEVANTER delivered the opinion of the court.

The coal company brought this action to recover damages from the railroad company upon two grounds, first, that for a period of four years, beginning April 1, 1903, the railroad company had failed to supply the coal company with a sufficient number of cars to meet the needs of the latter's coal mine; and, second, that during the same period the railroad company, in furnishing cars to the several mines in...

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