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WALLER v. TEXAS & PAC. RY. CO.

No. 92.

245 U.S. 398 (1918)

38 S.Ct. 142

62 L.Ed. 362

WALLER ET AL., TRUSTEES (UNDER THE LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT) OF WALLER, v. TEXAS & PACIFIC RAILWAY COMPANY.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided January 7, 1918.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Jesse C. Adkins, with whom Mr. David Bennett King, Mr. W. Russell Osborn, Mr. William A. Milliken, Mr. C.C. Calhoun and Mr. Daniel B. Henderson were on the briefs, for appellants.

Mr. Thomas J. Freeman for appellee.

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

To establish a trust against the Texas & Pacific Company it is argued that the purpose of the Act of Congress of 1871 was to provide for the construction of a transcontinental railroad from Texas to San Diego, California, and from thence to San Francisco by another company, and that the Baton Rouge Company, the New Orleans Company...

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