Legal Opinion
Ortega Co. v. Triay
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided November 13, 1922No. 75PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice McKenna
The case is in narrow compass. Its purpose is to enjoin the appellee as receiver of the Jacksonville Traction Company, grantee of the Jacksonville Electric Company as hereinafter stated, and a corporation of Massachusetts, from. collecting more than a particular fare, five cents, and to compel the specific performance of an alleged contract providing for such fare.
The grounds of the suit are set forth with great detail but may be epitomized narratively as follows: The Ortega Company was in 1910 and prior thereto the owner of, and operated, a line of electric railroad from the City of…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- State ex rel. Swearingen v. Railroad CommissionersSupreme Court of Florida · 1920
- State ex rel. Railroad Commissioners v. Atlantic Coast Line RailroadSupreme Court of Florida · 1910
- State ex rel. Railroad Commissioners v. Florida East Coast Railway Co.Supreme Court of Florida · 1909
- Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. CroweCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1913
- State ex rel. Railroad Commissioners v. Atlantic Coast Line RailroadSupreme Court of Florida · 1911
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- Southern Utilities Co. v. City of PalatkaSupreme Court of the United States · 1925
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