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Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railway Company, Petitioner, v. Erastus W. Willard, Administrator, etc.
212 U.S. 578·Supreme Court of the United States·1908
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Opinion
No. 627.
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railway Company, Petitioner, v. Erastus W. Willard, Administrator, etc.
December 7, 1908.
[MAJORITY]
Petition for a writ of certiorari.to.the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit granted. Mr. Albert J. Hopkins for petitioner. Mr. Arthur J. Eddy and Mr. E. C. Wetten for respondent.