Show IMPORTANT DECISION U P and W U the united states st louis 29 judges er and danborn Lan born in tho united baates court of appeals this afternoon handed down a decision in tho case of the union pacific railway and western union telegraph company appellants against 1 united states appellee appel jee upon appeal from the circuit court of tho united states for the district of omalia which had entered a decree annulling all contracts between tho union pacific and the telegraph company and ordering the road to operate the telegraph lines in accordance with law the court of appeals reversed the case and remanded it with directions to the circuit court to set aside the former decree and enter a modified decree in accordance with the specified provisions the principal points in the decree are that tho contract between tho western union and tho pacific is lawful and binding and the grants of exclusive rights and privileges by alie railroad are repugnant to the acts of congress and are ruled void |