St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railway Co. v. Southern Express Co.
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL PROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OP THE UNITED STATES POR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OP MISSOURI. APPEAL PROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OP THE UNITED STATES POE THE EASTERN DISTRICT OP ARKANSAS. APPEAL PROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OP THE UNITED STATES POR THE DISTRICT OP KANSAS.
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APPEAL PROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OP THE UNITED STATES POR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OP MISSOURI. APPEAL PROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OP THE UNITED STATES POE THE EASTERN DISTRICT OP ARKANSAS. APPEAL PROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OP THE UNITED STATES POR THE DISTRICT OP KANSAS. These cases were commenced by defendants in error as plaintiffs below to compel plaintiffs in error to give them respectively the express facilities on the several lines of railway which they had previously enjoyed by contract, and of which they had-been dispossessed by notice given in accordance with the terms of the contracts. Judgments…
1Opinion of the Court
Me. Chief-Justice "Waite
delivered the opinion of the court.' These suits present substantially the same questions and may properly be considered together. They were each brought by an express company against a railway company to restrain the railway company from interfering with or disturbing in any .manner the facilities theretofore afforded the express company for doing its business on the railway of the railway company.
■ 1. The St. Louis', Iron Mountain and Southern Railway Company. •
This suit was begun May 21, 1880, and the business of the express company is thus .described in the bill:
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2Cases cited3 opinions
- New Jersey Steam Navigation Company v. MERCHANTS'BANK.Supreme Court of the United States · 1848
- Pulllman's Palace Car Co. v. Missouri Pacific Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1885
- Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad v. Denver & New Orleans RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1884
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- United States v. Addyston Pipe & Steel Co.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1898
- Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern Railway Co. v. VoigtSupreme Court of the United States · 1900
- Joy v. St. LouisSupreme Court of the United States · 1891
- Wells Fargo & Co. v. TaylorSupreme Court of the United States · 1920
- Union Pacific Railway Co. v. Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1896
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