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SOUTHERN PACIFIC v. UNITED STATES (NO. 1)

No. 141.

200 U.S. 341 (1906)

SOUTHERN PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY v. UNITED STATES.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided February 19, 1906.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Maxwell Evarts for appellants.

Mr. Joseph H. Call, Special Assistant to the Attorney General, for the United States.

MR. JUSTICE BREWER, after making the foregoing statement, delivered the opinion of the court.

The appellants challenge the decree on two grounds: First, that a suit in equity cannot be maintained, because there is a plain, adequate and complete remedy at law; and, second, that the United States cannot by legislation create an obligation of the railroad company for the value of the...

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