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you, which is a bill of sale of the schooner
"Elko," made by the Central Pacific Rail=
=road Company to the defendant, dated the
22d day of March, 1873, and which is the
same bill of sale made Exhibit "A" to the
deposition of Leland Stanford in this
case: Is that signed by you?
A. Yes.
Q.168 Was that made, as the attesting clause
imports, by the direction of the board of
directors of your company?
A. It was.
Mr. Robinson: Not the fact that this
bill of sale is made by the Central Pacific
Railroad Company, successor by consolidat=
=tion under the laws of the state of Cal=
=ifornia to the Western Pacific Railroad Company.
Q. 169 Mr. Cohen: I believe that, at the same
time you executed this, you executed a
similar instrument, transferring the
schooner "Truckee," did you not?
Obj'n Mr. Robinson: We object to any testimony
regarding the contents of any written in=
=strument without its being produced or
its absence accounted for.
A. I presume so, but I do not recollect
the fact. I know they were both sold.
Q. 170 Mr. Cohen: I believe you received
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