Nash v. Southern Pac. Co.
District Court, N.D. California
At Raw. Action by George H. Nash against Southern Pacific Company. On motion for substitution of defendants.
1Opinion of the Court
VAN FLEET, District Judge.
The question presented is one of proper parties, arising from the taking over by the government of the control and operation of the railroads and their connected systems of transportation as a war measure, and its solution is to be found in. *281the construction and effect to be given the' legislation by Congress to that end and the powers granted to and exercised by the President thereunder. After the resolutions by Congress declaring a state' of war to exist between the United States and the two Central Empires respectively — which need not be recited — Congress, in…
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