Bolton v. Missouri Pacific Railroad

Hart, J.,

(after stating the facts). Under the Federal Control Act the rights and remedies against common carriers enjoyed at the time the railroads were taken over by the President, except in so far as such rights or remedies interfered with Federal operation, were preserved to the general public. Under the act suits might be brought and prosecuted against the railroad company for a cause of action which had become vested before the Director of Railroads took charge of the common carriers under the act of Congress. Mo. Pac. R. Co. v. Ault, 256 U. S. 554.

- According to the allegations of the…