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ST. LOUIS ETC. RY. v. BROWNSVILLE DIST.

No. 300.

304 U.S. 295 (1938)

ST. LOUIS, BROWNSVILLE & MEXICO RY. CO. ET AL. v. BROWNSVILLE NAVIGATION DISTRICT ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 16, 1938.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Robert H. Kelley, with whom Mr. John P. Bullington was on the brief, for petitioners.

Mr. Carl B. Callaway, with whom Messrs. A.B. Cole and A.L. Reed were on the brief, for respondents.

MR. JUSTICE BUTLER delivered the opinion of the Court.

Respondents applied to the United States court for the southern district of Texas to obtain a writ of mandamus1 commanding petitioners to transport certain traffic and to furnish and continue for all time to furnish cars for transportation of freight between the Port of Brownsville, Texas, and Matamoros, Mexico. Petitioners by pleas to

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