Southern Pacific Company v. United States (168 U.S. 1)

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Joseph H. Choate, J. Hubley Ashton, and Chas. H. Tweed, for appellants.

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Asst. Atty. Gen. Dickinson and Joseph H. Call, for the United States.

Mr. Justice HARLAN, after stating the facts in the foregoing language, delivered the opinion of the court.