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DIRECTOR GENERAL v. VISCOSE CO.

No. 424.

254 U.S. 498 (1921)

DIRECTOR GENERAL OF RAILROADS ET AL. v. THE VISCOSE COMPANY.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided January 3, 1921.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Henry Wolf Bikle and Mr. Theodore W. Reath, with whom Mr. F. Markoe Rivinus and Mr. Frederic D. McKenney were on the brief, for the carriers.

Mr. Harold S. Shertz for The Viscose Company.

MR. JUSTICE CLARKE delivered the opinion of the court.

Silk, artificial and natural, had been accepted by the railway carriers of the country for transportation as freight for many years prior to the action which gave rise to the question which the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit has certified herein to this court and it had been classified in tariffs as first class. On January 21, 1920, Walker D. Hines, as...

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