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Siler v. Illinois Central Railroad

213 U.S. 199 Court SCOTUS Decision date 1909-04-05 Docket Nos. 522, 523, 524 English

Delivered by Peckhaju J.

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Majority — Peckhaju J.

p. 199
SILER et al., AS RAILROAD COMMISSION, v. ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD COMPANY. SAME v. SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY IN KENTUCKY. SAME v. CINCINNATI, NEW ORLEANS AND TEXAS PACIFIC RAILWAY COMPANY.

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APPEALS FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF KENTUCKY.
Nos. 522, 523, 524.
Argued February 24, 25, 26, 1909.
Decided April 5, 1909.
Decided on authority of Siler v. Louisville e& Nashville Railroad, ante, p. 175.
These eases involved the same questions as were involved the preceding case and were argued simultaneously' therewith.[1]
Mr. C. C. McChord, and Mr. Robert H. Winn, with whom Mr. James Breathitt, Attorney General of Kentucky, was on the brief, for the appellants.
Mr. Henry L. Stone for appellee in No. 521..
Mr. E. F. Trabue, with whom Mr. John C. Doolan and Mr. Jacob M. Dickinson were on the brief, for appellee in No. 522.
Mr. Alexander Pope Humphrey submitted a brief for appellee in No. 523.
Mr. John Galvin, with whom Mr. Edward-Colston was on the brief, for appellee in No. 524.

The above-entitled cases raise the same question that is decided in Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company, supra, and, upon its authority, the decrees in the above cases are

Affirmed.