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NEVADA-CALIFORNIA-OREGON RY. v. BURRUS

No. 237.

244 U.S. 103 (1917)

NEVADA-CALIFORNIA-OREGON RAILWAY v. BURRUS.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 21, 1917.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. James Glynn for plaintiff in error.

Mr. Sardis Summerfield and Mr. John E. Raker for defendant in error.

MR. JUSTICE HOLMES delivered the opinion of the court.

This is an action for breach of a contract to furnish plaintiff, (defendant in error,) a special train to carry him from Reno, Nevada, to Doyle, California, where his son was ill, and to bring the two back from that place. The plaintiff got a judgment, and the only question before us is whether any rights of the defendant under the Act to Regulate Commerce have been infringed. The ground on which such an infraction...

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