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Bill Taft: “If a railroad company, by mere allegation in its bill of complaint, supported by ex parte affidavits, can overturn the…”

On the recordJanuary 6, 1910
If a railroad company, by mere allegation in its bill of complaint, supported by ex parte affidavits, can overturn the result of days of patient investigation, no very satisfactory result can be expected.
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Bill Taft
Republican · Ohio

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