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ERSKINE v. MILWAUKEE, ETC. RAILWAY CO.

94 U.S. 619 (1876)

ERSKINE v. MILWAUKEE AND ST. PAUL RAILWAY COMPANY. MILWAUKEE AND ST. PAUL RAILWAY COMPANY v. ERSKINE.

Supreme Court of United States.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. John W. Cary for the company.

Mr. Assistant Attorney-General Smith, contra.

MR. CHIEF JUSTICE WAITE delivered the opinion of the court.

No error has been assigned by the railroad company upon this record, for the reason that the rulings to which the company took exceptions are all sustained by our decisions in Barnes v. Railroad Companies, 17 Wall. 294, and Stockdale v. Insurance Companies, 20 id. 323.

We think that the Circuit Court was right in holding that the only penalty to which the company was liable for default under sect...

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