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Western Union Telegraph Company, Plaintiff in Error, v. Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company, 1917 — 244 U.S. 649 · caselaw · US
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Western Union Telegraph Company, Plaintiff in Error, v. Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company
244 U.S. 649·Supreme Court of the United States·1917
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Nos. 1035, 1036, 1037, and 1038.
Western Union Telegraph Company, Plaintiff in Error, v. Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company.
In error to the Supreme Court of the State of Alabama.
Motions to dismiss or affirm and petitions for writs of certiorari submitted June 4, 1917.
Decided June 11, 1917.
Mr. Rush Taggart, Mr. Ray Rushton, Mr. William M. Williams and Mr. Forney Johnston for plaintiff jn error.
Mr. Henry L. Stone and Mr. E. Perry Thomas for defendant in error.
[MAJORITY — Per Curiam.]
Per Curiam.
Judgments affirmed with costs, upon the authority of Pensacola Telegraph Co. v. Western Union Telegraph Co., 96 U. S. 1; Western Union Telegraph Co. v. Ann Arbor R. R. Co., 178 U. S. 239; Western Union Telegraph Co. v. Pennsylvania R. R. Co., 195 U. S. 540; Western Union Telegraph Co. v. Richmond, 224 U. S. 160; Louisville & Nashville R. R. Co. v. Western Union Telegraph Co., 237 U. S. 300. Petitions for writs of certiorari denied.