OREGON & CAL. R.R. CO. v. UNITED STATES

No. 492.

243 U.S. 549 (1917)

OREGON & CALIFORNIA RAILROAD COMPANY ET AL. v. UNITED STATES.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 23, 1917.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. P.F. Dunne, with whom Mr. Wm. F. Herrin, Mr. Wm. D. Fenton and Mr. Frank C. Cleary were on the brief, for the Oregon & California Railroad Company et al.

Mr. Perry D. Trafford for the Union Trust Company of New York.

Mr. Constantine J. Smyth, Special Assistant to the Attorney General, with whom The Solicitor General was on the brief, for the United States.

Mr. Francis J. Heney, by leave of court, filed a brief as amicus curiae.


MR. JUSTICE McKENNA delivered the opinion of the court.

This is the second appearance of the case in this court. It is on certificate from and certiorari to the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, to which court it was taken by appeal to review a decree of the District Court for the District of Oregon entered in fulfillment of the mandate of this court.

The decree of the District Court was reversed and the

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