MR. JUSTICE HARLAN delivered the opinion of the court.
The United States seeks by this suit to establish a claim against the estate of Leland Stanford for fifteen millions two hundred and thirty-seven thousand dollars.
The deceased held and owned a large number of the shares of the capital stock of the Central Pacific Railroad Company of California, and the Western Pacific Railroad Company — corporations that were organized under the laws of California...
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