United States v. Southern Pac. R. Co.
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Northern California
Iu Equity. Saxe ¡by the ITinitod Slates against the Southern Pacific Railroad Uomjrany, the Southern Pacific Company, the Atlantic & Pacific Railroad 'Company, anel the Westem Union Telegraph Company. Heard . on pleas and motion te dismiss.
1Opinion of the Court
Harlan, Circuit Justice,1
'Tins case is under submission on pleas .and motions to dismiss, wMoh -contest the jurisdiction of this court to .proceed in perr.tmwm against such of the defendants, not corporations of 'California, as are axot before the -court otherwise than by service of process upon their agents in fids district. On this question there is such -confliet in the decisions «f ,the> circuit courts that it is proper to examine it as if now fos the first time presented. It depends upon the interpretation that may bo given to the act of March 8, 1887, defining the jurisdiction of the…
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