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Armour & Company v. Alton Railroad Co. et al., 1940 — 311 U.S. 627 · caselaw · US
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Armour & Company v. Alton Railroad Co. et al.
311 U.S. 627·Supreme Court of the United States·1940
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Opinion
No. 293.
Armour & Company v. Alton Railroad Co. et al.
October 14, 1940.
Messrs. Charles J. Faulkner, John Potts Barnes, and Paul E. Blanchard for petitioner. Messrs. Bryce L. Hamilton and Frank H. Towner for Holman D. Petti-bóne, Trustee, et al., and Messrs. Kenneth F. Burgess, James F. Oates, Jr., and Douglas F. Smith for other respondents.
[MAJORITY]
Petition for writ of certiorari to the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit granted.