United States v. Stanford
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT. The case is stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Harlan
The United States seeks by this suit to establish a claim against the estate of Leland Stanford for fifteen millions two hundred and thirty-seven thousand dollars.
The deceased held and owned a large number of the shares of the capital stock of 'the Central Pacific Railroad Company of California, and the Western Pacific Railroad Company — corporations that were organized under the laws of California, and which subsequently were consolidated and became the Central Pacific Railroad Company.
Those companies received bonds of the United States that were issued under the acts of Congress known as…
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