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Missouri ex rel. Southern Railway Co. v. Mayfield, Circuit Court Judge; and Missouri ex rel. Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Co. v. Murphy, Circuit Court Judge
339 U.S. 918·Supreme Court of the United States·1950
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Opinion
No. 597. No. 598.
Missouri ex rel. Southern Railway Co. v. Mayfield, Circuit Court Judge; and Missouri ex rel. Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Co. v. Murphy, Circuit Court Judge.
Supreme Court of Missouri.
Sidney S. Alderman, Bruce A. Campbell and H. G. Hedrick for petitioner in No. 597.
Floyd E. Thompson, J. C. Gibson and R. S. Outlaw for petitioner in No. 598.
[MAJORITY]
Certiorari granted.