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LOUIS. & NASH. R.R. v. UNITED STATES

No. 147.

258 U.S. 374 (1922)

LOUISVILLE & NASHVILLE RAILROAD COMPANY v. UNITED STATES.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 10, 1922.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Benjamin Carter for appellant.

Mr. Solicitor General Beck and Mr. William C. Herron, for the United States, submitted.

MR. JUSTICE BRANDEIS delivered the opinion of the court.

Most of the congressional land-grant acts provide that railroads so aided shall be "free from toll or other charge upon the transportation of any property or troops of the United States." Two of the lines of railroad forming part of the Louisville and Nashville system were built with the aid of such grants. For all transportation to which that provision applies, the...

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