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AMER. RY. EXPRESS v. ROYSTER CO.

No. 116.

273 U.S. 274 (1927)

47 S.Ct. 355

71 L.Ed. 642

AMERICAN RAILWAY EXPRESS COMPANY v. ROYSTER GUANO COMPANY.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided February 21, 1927.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Branch P. Kerfoot, with whom Mr. Charles W. Stockton was on the brief, for petitioner.

Mr. Cadwallader J. Collins for the respondent.

MR. JUSTICE McREYNOLDS delivered the opinion of the Court.

Following an agreement of June, 1918, by the Adams Express Company, American Express Company, Southern Express Company (a Georgia corporation) and Wells Fargo & Company, the principal concerns then engaged in express transportation throughout the Union, the American Railway Express Company was incorporated under the laws of Delaware and, by issuing its capital stock, acquired, July 1, 1918, all property...

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