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PACIFIC RAILWAY CO. v. UNITED STATES

124 U.S. 124 (1888)

NEW ORLEANS PACIFIC RAILWAY COMPANY v. UNITED STATES.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided January 16, 1888.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. John S. Blair, Mr. John F. Dillon and Mr. Wager Swayne, for appellant.

Mr. Attorney General and Mr. Assistant Attorney General Howard, for appellee.

MR. JUSTICE BLATCHFORD delivered the opinion of the court.

This is an appeal by the New Orleans Pacific Railway Company from a judgment of the Court of Claims dismissing its petition, on a demurrer thereto, after it had failed to amend the petition in accordance with leave granted to it by the court.

The substantial allegations of the petition are these: The petitioner is a corporation of Louisiana. The New Orleans, Baton Rouge and Vicksburg Railroad Company...

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