American Railway Express Co. v. Royster Guano Co.

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 Expréss Company was incorporated under the laws of Delaware and, by issuing its capital stock, acquired, July Í, 1918, all property of those carriers theretofore utilized in connection with such ■ business. The Southern Express Company owned no other property located in Virginia,. After this transfer it retired from the…