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SPILLER v. ATCHISON, T. & S.F. RY. CO.

Nos. 137-145.

253 U.S. 117 (1920)

SPILLER v. ATCHISON, TOPEKA & SANTA FE RAILWAY COMPANY. SPILLER v. CHICAGO & EASTERN ILLINOIS RAILROAD COMPANY. SPILLER v. CHICAGO & ALTON RAILROAD COMPANY. SPILLER v. MISSOURI PACIFIC RAILWAY COMPANY. SPILLER v. ST. LOUIS, IRON MOUNTAIN & SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY. SPILLER v. ST. LOUIS & SAN FRANCISCO RAILROAD COMPANY. SPILLER v. CHICAGO, ROCK ISLAND & PACIFIC RAILWAY COMPANY. SPILLER v. ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD COMPANY. SPILLER v. MISSOURI, KANSAS & TEXAS RAILWAY COMPANY.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 17, 1920.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Buckner F. Deatherage, with whom Mr. Samuel H. Cowan, Mr. I.H. Burney and Mr. Goodwin Creason were on the briefs, for plaintiff in error and petitioner.

Mr. T.J. Norton, with whom Mr. Gardiner Lathrop, Mr. C.S. Burg and Mr. James L. Coleman were on the brief, for defendants in error and respondents.

MR. JUSTICE PITNEY delivered the opinion of the court.

Plaintiff in error commenced an action against defendants in error jointly in the District Court of the United States for the Western District of Missouri under § 16 of the Act to Regulate Commerce as amended (Act of February 4, 1887, c. 104, 24 Stat. 379, 384; June 29, 1906, c. 3591, 34 Stat. 584, 590; June 18, 1910, c. 309, 36 Stat. 539, 554), to recover certain...

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