William Fullerton (lawyer)
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William S. Fullerton, was a New York lawyer of the 1860s to 1880s. Fullerton represented industrialists and political litigants, and was also well known for his representation of women in contested di
William Fullerton, New York lawyer
Fullerton during the Henry Ward Beecher adultery trial
The Fullerton mansion today
Erie War
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The Erie War was a 19th-century conflict between American financiers for control of the Erie Railway Company, which owned and operated the Erie Railroad. Built with public funds raised by taxation and
William Fullerton (lawyer)
…of railroads and corporations in the 19th century, and their excesses brought an explosion of litigation and other opportunities for attorneys. The Erie War of 1868–69, for example, pitted Cornelius Vanderbilt and his legal team (including Fullerton) against Jay Gould and associates, with legal actions that…
New York railroad row as seen by contemporaries