TEX. & PAC. RY. v. HILL

No. 482.

237 U.S. 208 (1915)

TEXAS & PACIFIC RAILWAY COMPANY v. HILL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 12, 1915.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. H.C. Carter, Mr. Magus Smith and Mr. Perry J. Lewis for defendant in error in support of the motion.

Mr. George Thompson and Mr. T.D. Cobbs for plaintiff in error in opposition to the motion.


MR. CHIEF JUSTICE WHITE delivered the opinion of the court.

As a corporation created by an act of Congress the plaintiff in error is inherently entitled to invoke our jurisdiction. Hence the motion to dismiss is without merit.

Both the record and the argument for reversal are voluminous, the latter covering about one hundred and thirty-five printed pages. We state some of the undisputed facts out of which the controversy...

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