United States v. International & G. N. R. Co.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
In Error to the District Court of the United States for the Northern District of Texas. Action by the United States against the International & Great Northern Railroad Company. Judgment for defendant, and the United States bring error.
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In Error to the District Court of the United States for the Northern District of Texas. Action by the United States against the International & Great Northern Railroad Company. Judgment for defendant, and the United States bring error. The following is the petition: “Your petitioners, the United States of America, appearing by William H. Atwell, their attorney for the Northern district of Texas, represent that this action is brought upon the suggestion of the Attorney General of the United States, at the request of the Interstate Commerce Commission, and upon information furnished by said…
1Opinion of the CourtSherby, Circuit Judge
(after stating the facts as above). The petition alleges that the defendant in error is a common carrier engaged in interstate commerce between the several states and territories of the United States; that its line of railroad is a part of a through highway over which interstate traffic is being continually hauled; that on a uaihed day it hauled a certain car, No. 11217, loaded with cotton, consigned from one point in the state of Texas to another point in the same state; that this car was hauled in a train one car of which contained interstate traffic; and that at the same time said car No.…
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- Wabash R. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1909
- Pacific Coast Ry. Co. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1909
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