Missouri v. Chicago, Burlington, & Quincy Railroad Company

Mr. John T. Barker, Attorney General of Missouri, and Messrs. Lee B. Ewing, W. T. Rutherford, and Kenneth C. Sears for complainant.

Messrs. O. M. Spencer, Frank Hagerman, and Chester M. Dawes for defendant.

[Argument of Counsel from pages 534-535 intentionally omitted]

Messrs. F. W. Paschal, Clifford B. Allen, W. T. Alden, Ernest E. Watson, and Herbert A. Abernethy as amici curioe.

Mr. Chief Justice White delivered the opinion of the court: