TEXAS v. UNITED STATES

No. 920.

292 U.S. 522 (1934)

TEXAS ET AL. v. UNITED STATES ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 4, 1934.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. A.R. Stout, Assistant Attorney General of Texas, with whom Mr. James V. Allred, Attorney General, Mr. Elbert Hooper, Assistant Attorney General, and Mr. Elmer L. Lincoln were on the brief, for appellants.

Assistant Attorney General Stephens, with whom Solicitor General Biggs and Messrs. Carl McFarland, Ashley Sellers, Daniel W. Knowlton, and E.M. Reidy were on the brief, for the United States and Interstate Commerce Commission, appellees.

Mr. Samuel W. Moore, with whom Messrs. Frank H. Moore and Cyrus Crane were on the brief, for the Kansas City Southern Ry. Co. et al., appellees.


MR. CHIEF JUSTICE HUGHES delivered the opinion of the Court.

The Interstate Commerce Commission, by its report and order of October 4, 1933, authorized the Kansas City Southern Railway Company, a corporation organized under the laws of Missouri, to acquire control by lease of the railroad and properties of the Texarkana & Fort Smith Railway Company, incorporated under the laws of Texas. 193 I.C.C. 521. In this suit, the...

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