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SOUTHERN PAC. CO. v. OLYMPIAN DREDGING CO.

No. 78.

260 U.S. 205 (1922)

43 S.Ct. 26

67 L.Ed. 213

SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMPANY ET AL. v. OLYMPIAN DREDGING COMPANY.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided November 13, 1922.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. William R. Harr, with whom Mr. William F. Herrin, Mr. E.J. Foulds and Mr. Geo. K. Ford were on the brief, for petitioners.

Mr. Thomas E. Haven, with whom Mr. Frank Hall, Mr. James S. Spilman, Mr. Fred G. Athearn, Mr. A.E. Chandler and Mr. Milton T. Farmer were on the brief, for respondent.

MR. JUSTICE SUTHERLAND delivered the opinion of the Court.

In 1895 the California Pacific Railroad Company, one of the petitioners, was authorized by the Legislature of the State of California to construct, and did construct, a railroad bridge across the Sacramento River. For some years prior to that time this company had owned and both petitioners had used another bridge situated in the near vicinity. Upon the construction of the new bridge in 1895 the old bridge...

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