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AMER. RY. EXPRESS v. KENTUCKY

No. 5.

273 U.S. 269 (1927)

47 S.Ct. 353

71 L.Ed. 639

AMERICAN RAILWAY EXPRESS COMPANY v. KENTUCKY.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided February 21, 1927.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Kenneth E. Stockton for the petitioner on the original argument; Mr. Branch P. Kerfoot on the reargument. Mr. Charles W. Stockton was also on the brief. See the brief in the next case.

Mr. Frank E. Daugherty, Attorney General of Kentucky, for the Commonwealth of Kentucky.

MR. JUSTICE McREYNOLDS delivered the opinion of the Court.

Without opinion the Kentucky Court of Appeals affirmed a judgment by the Harlan Circuit Court against petitioner and in favor of the Commonwealth for the aggregate sum of forty-four judgments against the Adams Express Company theretofore granted on account of alleged defaults during 1916.

The Adams Company is a "joint stock association," organized under the laws of New York. For many years it operated...

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