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UNITED STATES v. UNION PAC. R.R. CO.

No. 199.

249 U.S. 354 (1919)

UNITED STATES v. UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 31, 1919.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Assistant Attorney General Brown, with whom Mr. Charles H. Weston was on the brief, for the United States.

Mr. William R. Harr, with whom Mr. Charles H. Bates was on the brief, for appellee.

MR. JUSTICE BRANDEIS delivered the opinion of the court.

Most of the acts of Congress which granted lands in aid of railroads provide that they shall be "free from toll or other charge upon the transportation of any property or troops of the United States."1 This clause was construed in Lake Superior & Mississippi R.R. Co. v. United States, 93 U.S. 442

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