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GULF, COLORADO &C. RAILWAY v. HEFLEY

No. 255.

158 U.S. 98 (1895)

GULF, COLORADO AND SANTA FÉ RAILWAY COMPANY v. HEFLEY.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 29, 1895.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. A.T. Britton, Mr. A.B. Browne, Mr. J.W. Terry, and Mr. George R. Peck for plaintiff in error.

No brief filed for defendants in error.

MR. JUSTICE BREWER, after stating the case, delivered the opinion of the court.

The question presented by this record is this: Is the statute of Texas imposing a penalty for a failure to deliver goods on tender of the rate named in a bill of lading applicable to interstate shipments? While the amount in controversy is small, so small, indeed, that the case could not be taken from a lower to the Supreme Court of the State...

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