Western Union Telegraph Company v. Foster

by Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

United States Supreme Court

247 U.S. 105

Western Union Telegraph Company  v.  Foster

 Argued: April 29 and 30, 1918. --- Decided: May 20, 1918

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Messrs. Rush Taggart and John G. Milburn, both of New York City, and Arthur Lord, of Boston, Mass., for plaintiffs in error (in cases Nos. 274 and 275).

Mr. Henry S. Robbins, of Chicago, Ill, for appellant (in cases Nos. 419 and 420).

Messrs. Patrick Henry Kelley and William Harold Hitchcock, both of Boston, Mass., for Calvin H. Foster.

Messrs. Henry C. Attwill, Atty. Gen., and H. Ware Barnum, Asst. Atty. Gen., for Public Service Commission of Massachusetts.

[Argument of Counsel from pages 106-110 intentionally omitted]

Mr. Justice HOLMES delivered the opinion of the Court.

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