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LOUISIANA & P.B. RY. CO. v. UNITED STATES

No. 291.

257 U.S. 114 (1921)

LOUISIANA & PINE BLUFF RAILWAY COMPANY v. UNITED STATES.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided November 7, 1921.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Luther M. Walter, with whom Mr. John S. Burchmore was on the brief, for appellant.

Mr. Blackburn Esterline, Special Assistant to the Attorney General, with whom Mr. Solicitor General Beck was on the brief, for the United States.

Mr. W.R. McFarland, with whom Mr. P.J. Farrell was on the brief, for the Interstate Commerce Commission.

MR. JUSTICE BRANDEIS delivered the opinion of the court.

The Louisiana & Pine Bluff Railway Company, a common carrier owned by the Union Sawmill Company, serves it by means of a tap line which connects its mill at Huttig, Arkansas, with the Missouri Pacific Railway at Dollar Junction. The trunk line and the tap line joined in establishing through routes and joint rates from the mill to points on the trunk line and beyond. The division or allowance given to the...

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