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UNITED STATES v. NIXON

No. 427.

235 U.S. 231 (1914)

UNITED STATES v. NIXON, BIDDLE, AND WEST, RECEIVERS OF THE ST. LOUIS AND SAN FRANCISCO RAILROAD COMPANY.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided November 30, 1914.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Assistant Attorney General Underwood for the United States.

Mr. W.F. Evans and Mr. W.S. Cowherd for defendants in error, submitted.

MR. JUSTICE LAMAR delivered the opinion of the court.

The Grand Jury for the Western Division of the Western District of Missouri returned an indictment against the St. Louis & San Francisco Railroad Company and its Receivers, charging that on August 16, 1913, Nixon, Biddle and West, as Receivers of said Company, were operating the property and business of said corporation as a common carrier of freight, and unlawfully transported cattle from a quarantine district...

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