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ST. LOUIS, I. MT. & SO. RY. v. UNITED STATES

No. 71.

251 U.S. 198 (1920)

40 S.Ct. 120

64 L.Ed. 225

ST. LOUIS, IRON MOUNTAIN & SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY v. UNITED STATES.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided January 5, 1920.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Benjamin Carter for appellant:

Mr. Assistant Attorney General Frierson for the United States.

MR. JUSTICE DAY delivered the opinion of the court.

This case presents questions arising upon a suit brought by the Railway Company in the Court of Claims to recover compensation for the carriage of mail bags under facts found in the Court of Claims in the record sent up for our consideration. These facts are: That the St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railway Company, a corporation organized under the laws of the State of Missouri, operated a line of railway...

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