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SELMA, ROME &C. RAILROAD v. UNITED STATES

No. 12.

139 U.S. 560 (1891)

SELMA, ROME AND DALTON RAILROAD COMPANY v. UNITED STATES.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 6, 1891.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. George A. King for appellant.

Mr. Assistant Attorney General Cotton for appellee.

MR. JUSTICE HARLAN delivered the opinion of the court.

The plaintiff, the Selma, Rome and Dalton Railroad Company, seeks in this action to recover the sum of $5915.80, which is alleged to be the balance due on a written contract executed July 10th, 1858, between the United States and the Alabama and Tennessee Rivers Railroad Company, an Alabama corporation, whereby that corporation was to receive for transporting the mail...

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