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CHICAGO & ALTON R.R. CO. v. TRANBARGER

No. 214.

238 U.S. 67 (1915)

CHICAGO & ALTON RAILROAD COMPANY v. TRANBARGER.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 1, 1915.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Elliott H. Jones, with whom Mr. William C. Scarritt and Mr. Charles M. Miller were on the brief, for plaintiff in error.

Mr. Charles M. Hay, with whom Mr. Thomas T. Fauntleroy and Mr. Patrick H. Cullen were on the brief, for defendant in error.

MR. JUSTICE PITNEY delivered the opinion of the court.

Tranbarger, owner of 60 acres of farming land in Callaway County, Missouri, brought this action against the Railroad Company in a Missouri state court to recover damages and a penalty under § 1110 of the Missouri Revised Statutes of 1899, as amended by act of March 14, 1907, Sess. Acts, p. 169, of which the portion now pertinent is as follows:

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