Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fé Railroad v. United States
United States Court of Claims
On the defendants'1 Motion. The Reporters’ statement of the case: The facts upon which these motions were considered sufficiently appear in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtDavis, J.
These motions were made on behalf of the Attorney-General at the opening of the term on Monday last. In each case-the defendants move to examine the claimants under the provisions of section 1080 of the Revised Statutes. In each the claimant is a corporation. In the ease of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fé Railroad Company the power of the court to compel a corporation to submit itself to such compulsory examination is denied. In the case of the Pacific Railroad of .Missouri the claimant’s counsel appears and consents to the granting of the order. Inasmuch, however, as we cannot, even when…
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