ST. LOUIS & O'F. RY. CO. v. UNITED STATES

No. 7859.

22 F.2d 980 (1927)

ST. LOUIS & O'F. RY. CO. et al. v. UNITED STATES et al.

District Court, E. D. Missouri, E. D.

December 10, 1927.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frederick H. Wood, of New York City, Robert H. Kelley, of Houston, Tex., Leslie Craven, of Chicago, Ill., and Daniel N. Kirby, of St. Louis, Mo. (Cravath, Henderson & De Gersdorff, of New York City, Andrews, Streetman, Logue & Mobley, of Houston, Tex., and Nagel & Kirby, of St. Louis, Mo., of counsel), for petitioners.

Blackburn Esterline, Asst. Sol. Gen., of Washington, D. C., for the United States.

Walter L. Fisher, of Chicago, Ill., Oliver E. Sweet, of Rapid City, S. D., and Roland J. Lehman, of Washington, D. C. (P. J. Farrell, of Washington, D. C., on the brief), for the Interstate Commerce Commission.

Before statutory court composed of STONE and VAN VALKENBURGH, Circuit Judges, and FARIS, District Judge.


STONE, Circuit Judge.

The matter here involved is the validity of an order of recapture made by the Commission against the St. Louis & O'Fallon Railway Company (called O'Fallon herein). The order was made on February 15, 1927, upon two hearings held in October, 1924, and July, 1926. The proceeding was against the O'Fallon and the Manufacturers' Railway Company (called Manufacturers' herein). The Commission found no excess net earnings against the Manufacturers...

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