RAILWAY CO. v. UNITED STATES.


101 U.S. 639 (____)

RAILWAY COMPANY v. UNITED STATES.

Supreme Court of United States.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. James E. Bailey for the appellant.

The Attorney-General and Mr. Edwin B. Smith, Assistant Attorney-General, contra.


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

On the 10th of November, 1871, the United States recovered a decree in an equity suit in the court below against the Nashville and Chattanooga Railroad Company, for $1,000,000, to be paid one-half in ten years, and one-half in twenty years, with interest semi-annually at the rate of four per cent per annum. By an arrangement between the parties, bonds with coupons...

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