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ST. LOUIS & S.F. RY. v. PUB. SERV. COMM.

No. 117.

254 U.S. 535 (1921)

ST. LOUIS & SAN FRANCISCO RAILWAY COMPANY v. PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF MISSOURI.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided January 17, 1921.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. William F. Evans and Mr. Edward T. Miller for plaintiff in error.

Mr. James D. Lindsay for defendant in error. Mr. R. Perry Spencer was also on the brief.

MR. JUSTICE McREYNOLDS delivered the opinion of the court.

Plaintiff in error's main line extends from St. Louis to Memphis — 305 miles. As originally constructed it turned sharply southeastward at Hayti, Missouri — 220 miles from St. Louis — ran thence seven miles to Caruthersville, a city of four thousand people, thence southwestward nine miles to Grassy Bayou and thence south. A "cut-off" between Hayti and Grassy Bayou — six miles &...

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