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UNITED STATES v. ATCHISON, T. & S.F. RY. CO.

No. 201.

249 U.S. 451 (1919)

39 S.Ct. 325

63 L.Ed. 703

UNITED STATES v. ATCHISON, TOPEKA & SANTA FE RAILWAY COMPANY.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 14, 1919.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Assistant Attorney General Brown, with whom Mr. Leonard Zeisler was on the brief, for the United States.

Mr. Alex. Britton, with whom Mr. Evans Browne and Mr. Francis W. Clements were on the brief, for appellee.

Memorandum opinion by MR. JUSTICE McREYNOLDS.

During 1910 and 1911 the appellee railway company entered into customary arrangements with the Post Office Department to carry mail over a number of routes for quadrennial terms ending June 30, 1914, and 1915, compensation to be based upon ascertained weights. While these were in force, by Act of August 24, 1912, c. 389, 37 Stat. 557...

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