ROACH v. ATCHISON, T. & SANTA FE RY. CO.

No. 151.

218 U.S. 159 (1910)

ROACH, SECRETARY OF STATE OF THE STATE OF MISSOURI, v. ATCHISON, TOPEKA AND SANTA FE RAILWAY COMPANY.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 31, 1910.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. James T. Blair, with whom Mr. Elliott W. Major, Attorney General of the State of Missouri, and Mr. Charles G. Revelle were on the brief, for appellants.1

Mr. M.A. Low, with whom Mr. E.C. Lindley was on the brief, for appellees in No. 150.1

Mr. Gardiner Lathrop, with whom Mr. Robert Dunlap, Mr. Thomas R. Morrow and Mr. James P. Gilmore were on the brief, for appellee in No. 151.1


MR. JUSTICE DAY delivered the opinion of the court.

This case was argued at the same time with No. 150, and involves the validity of the statute of March 13, 1907. The case was also decided upon demurrer to the bill. The allegations of the bill and supplemental bill showed that the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company was within the State of Missouri in compliance with its laws; that it had acquired a large amount of property therein; that, being a foreign...

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