TEXAS & PACIFIC RAILWAY CO. v. CLAYTON

No. 222.

173 U.S. 348 (1899)

TEXAS AND PACIFIC RAILWAY COMPANY v. CLAYTON.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided February 20, 1899.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Rush Taggart and Mr. Arthur H. Masten for plaintiff in error.

Mr. Treadwell Cleveland for defendants in error.


MR. JUSTICE HARLAN delivered the opinion of the court.

This action was brought by the defendants in error, subjects of the Queen of Great Britain and Ireland, against the Texas and Pacific Railway Company, a corporation existing under an act of Congress approved March 3, 1871, c. 122, 16 Stat. 573, and engaged in the business of a common carrier of merchandise for hire. Its object was to recover the value of four hundred...

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