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Colorado & Northwestern Railroad Company, Plaintiff in Error, v. The United States, 1913 — 229 U.S. 605 · caselaw · US
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Colorado & Northwestern Railroad Company, Plaintiff in Error, v. The United States
229 U.S. 605·Supreme Court of the United States·1913
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No. 2.
Colorado & Northwestern Railroad Company, Plaintiff in Error, v. The United States.
In error to the District Court of the United States for the District of Colorado.
Submitted October 21, 1912.
Decided May 5, 1913.
Mr. E. E. Whitted for the plaintiff in error.
The Attorney General, Mr. Assistant to the Attorney General Fowler and Mr. Henry E. Colton for the defendant in error.
[MAJORITY — Per Curiam.]
Per Curiam.
Dismissed for the want of jurisdiction on the authority of Union Trust Co. of St. Louis v. Westhus, 228 U. S. 519. (See United States v. The Colorado & N. W. R. R. Co., 157 Fed. Rep. 321; S. C., 209 U. S. 544.)