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DAVIS v. DANTZLER CO.

No. 228.

261 U.S. 280 (1923)

DAVIS, DIRECTOR GENERAL OF RAILROADS, AS AGENT UNDER SECTION 206 OF TRANSPORTATION ACT OF 1920, v. L.N. DANTZLER LUMBER COMPANY.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided February 26, 1923.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. R.C. Beckett, with whom Mr. Carl Fox was on the briefs, for petitioner.

Mr. W.A. White, for respondent, submitted. Mr. W.H. White and Mr. E.J. Ford were also on the briefs.

MR. JUSTICE McKENNA delivered the opinion of the Court.

This case presents an asserted conflict between the laws of Mississippi, subjecting property to attachment, and the statutes of the United States which empowered the President to take control of the railroad transportation systems of the United States, and exempt their property from State processes. Act of August 29, 1916, 39 Stat. 619, 645; 40 Stat. 451. See also 41 Stat. 456.

The respondent, the L.N...

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