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CAIRO, ETC. RAILROAD v. UNITED STATES

No. 230.

267 U.S. 350 (1925)

45 S.Ct. 247

69 L.Ed. 651

CAIRO, TRUMAN & SOUTHERN RAILROAD COMPANY v. UNITED STATES ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 2, 1925.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. S.S. Ashbaugh, with whom Mr. G.B. Webster was on the brief, for appellant.

Mr. A.A. McLaughlin, with whom Mr. Solicitor General Beck and Mr. Sidney F. Andrews were on the brief, for the United States.

MR. JUSTICE BRANDEIS delivered the opinion of the Court.

This is an appeal from the judgment of the Court of Claims which dismissed the petition on demurrer. Plaintiff's claim is in character the same as that sued on in St. Louis, Kennett & Southeastern R.R. Co. v. United States, decided this day, ante, p. 346. It is presented in the same manner; and the Government makes the same defense. The provision for settlement and release of claims...

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