Supreme Court of the United States, 1897

United States v. Union Pac. Ry. Co. Same v. St. Paul & S. C. R. Co.

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided February 15, 1897

165 U.S. 482; 17 S. Ct. 1001; 41 L. Ed. 797; 1897 U.S. LEXIS 1988 (United States Reports)

Cases that cite this one

8 later published cases cite this decision.

Campus Sweater & Sportswear Co. v. M. B. Kahn Construction Co. (District Court, D. South Carolina 1979)
Gattis v. Chavez (District Court, D. South Carolina 1976)
Merchants Nat. Bk. v. EJ & E. RY. CO. (Ill. 1971)
Merchants National Bank v. Elgin, Joliet & Eastern Railway Co. (Ill. 1971)
Oil Transfer Corp. v. The Cree (District Court, S.D. New York 1954)
United States v. Oswald (9th Cir. 1944)
Missouri-Kansas-Texas R. Co. v. Maltsberger (Okla. 1941)
Cheves v. Whitehead (United States District Court for the Southern District of Georgia 1932)

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Opinion

165 U.S. 482

17 S.Ct. 1001

41 L.Ed. 797

UNITED STATES
v.
UNION PAC. RY. CO. et al. SAME v. ST. PAUL & S. C. R. CO. et al.

Nos. 319, 322.

February 15, 1897.

Mr. Justice BREWER delivered the opinion of the court.

The facts in these cases are different from the facts in the case just decided. U. S. v. Winona & St. P. R. Co., 17 Sup. Ct. 368. But the principles announced in the foregoing opinion are conclusive of the rights of the parties herein, and so, without any statement in detail of the facts, and for the reasons given in that opinion, the decrees in these cases will be affirmed.

Sol. Gen. Conrad, for the United States.

Thomas Wilson, for appellees St. Paul & S. C. R. Co. et al.

John F. Dillon, for appellees Union Pac. Ry. Co. et al.

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