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ST. LOUIS S.W. RY. v. U.S.

No. 184.

262 U.S. 70 (1923)

ST. LOUIS SOUTHWESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY v. UNITED STATES.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 23, 1923.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Benjamin Carter for appellant.

Mr. Blackburn Esterline, Assistant to the Solicitor General, with whom Mr. W. Marvin Smith was on the brief, for the United States.

MR. JUSTICE BRANDEIS delivered the opinion of the Court.

Prior to July 1, 1910, claimant entered into a contract with the Post Office Department to carry the mails over a part of its line for the period of four years from that date. Prior to July 1, 1911, it entered into a like contract to carry the mails over another part of its lines. These contracts were in form and substance similar to that involved in New York, New Haven & Hartford R.R. Co. v. United...

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