Lusk v. Botkin

Messrs. R. R. Vermilion and W. F. Evans for plaintiffs in error.

Messrs. James P. Coleman, W. P. Montgomery, John L. Hunt, and Mr. S. M. Brewster, Attorney General of Kansas, for defendant in error.

Mr. Paul E. Walker, as amicus curiae, on behalf of the Chicago, Rock Island, & Pacific Railway Company.

Mr. Justice Hughes delivered the opinion of the court: