v0825-707

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No. 2293

IN THE

United States Circuit Court of Appeal

For the Ninth Circuit

NORTHERN COMMERCIAL COMPANY

and NORTHERN NAVIGATION COM-

PANY,

Plaintiffs in Error and Appellants,

vs.

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Defendant in Error and Appellee.

BRIEF OF PLAINTIFFS IN ERROR AND APPELLANTS.

Statement of Facts.

This case comes up on writ of error and appeal

upon an agreed statement of facts, which is briefly

as follows (Transcript of Record, pp. 4-10, 38-39,

125-128) :

The Northern Commercial Company, and the

Northern Navigation Company, for some years

past, have operated steamboats and barges for

the transportation of freight and passengers on

the Yukon River in Alaska and also between points

in Alaska and Canada.

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