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UNION PAC. R.R. CO. v. BURKE

No. 183.

255 U.S. 317 (1921)

UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY v. BURKE.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided February 28, 1921.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Oscar R. Houston, with whom Mr. D. Roger Englar was on the brief, for petitioner.

Mr. Arthur W. Clement, with whom Mr. Wilson E. Tipple was on the brief, for respondent.

MR. JUSTICE CLARKE delivered the opinion of the court.

On March 10, 1915, S. Ontra & Brother delivered to the Pacific Mail Steamship Company at Yokohama, Japan, 56 cases of "Drawn work goods and Renaissance," consigned to their own order at New York, and received a bill of lading for ocean transportation to San Francisco and thence by the Southern Pacific Company and its connections, by rail, to destination. The property was delivered to the Southern Pacific Company...

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