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HOME FURN. CO. v. UNITED STATES

No. 324.

271 U.S. 456 (1926)

46 S.Ct. 545

70 L.Ed. 1033

HOME FURNITURE COMPANY ET AL. v. UNITED STATES ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 1, 1926.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Messrs. Joseph U. Sweeney and Edward C. Wade, Jr., for appellants, submitted.

Solicitor General Mitchell and Messrs. Blackburn Esterline, Assistant to the Solicitor General, and P.J. Farrell for the United States and Interstate Commerce Commission.

Mr. Joseph P. Blair, with whom Messrs. William F. Herrin, H.M. Garwood, and J.H. Tallichet were on the brief, for Southern Pacific Company and El Paso & Southwestern Railroad Company.

MR. JUSTICE McREYNOLDS delivered the opinion of the Court.

Appellants are residents of El Paso, Texas, and there engage in the business of buying and selling furniture. By a bill presented to the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas, they sought annulment of an Interstate Commerce Commission order, which permitted acquisition of control over the Southwestern System by the Southern Pacific Company.

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