Home Furniture Co. v. United States

Appellants are residents of El Paso, Texas, and there engage in the business of buying and-selling furniture. By a bill presented to the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas, they sought annulment of an Interstate Commerce Commission order, which permitted acquisition of control over the Southwestern System by the Southern Pacific Company;

They alleged—

That the Southern Pacific Company is a corporation under the laws of Kentucky, which operates railroads in-California, Arizona, New Mexico and other States.

“That defendant El Paso & Southwestern Railroad' Company is a…