REAGAN v. MERCANTILE TRUST COMPANY

Nos. 1168, 1169.

154 U.S. 418 (1894)

REAGAN v. MERCANTILE TRUST COMPANY. REAGAN v. MERCANTILE TRUST COMPANY.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 26, 1894.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. C.A. Culberson, Attorney General of the State of Texas, Mr. H.C. Coke, and Mr. W.S. Simkins for appellants in both cases.

Mr. John F. Dillon, Mr. E.B. Kruttschnitt, and Mr. John J. McCook for the Mercantile Trust Company, appellee, in both cases.

Mr. Alexander G. Cochran and Mr. Winslow S. Pierce for the St. Louis South western Railway Company, appellee in No. 1168, and for the Tyler Southeastern Railway Company, appellee in No. 1169.


MR. JUSTICE BREWER delivered the opinion of the court.

These are cases in which, as in those just decided, the tariff established by the Texas Railroad Commission was challenged, and with like result. The St. Louis Southwestern Railway Company, named in the first of these cases, is called by counsel for defendants in their brief "a reorganized bankrupt concern." Its road has a total mileage, including main line and branches...

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