Gulp, Colorado & Santa Fe Railway Co. v. State
Texas Supreme Court
Appeal from Travis. Tried below before Hon. John 0. Townes.
1Opinion of the Court
Gaines, Associate Justice.
This suit was brought in the name of the State by her Attorney-General to restrain certain railroad companies engaged in operating lines within the State from carrying out an agreement entered into by them by which they committed to a body of representatives of the companies the power to fix the rates for which freights should be carried to or from points within the State. The theory of the State’s case is that the parties to the agreement are parallel and competing lines, and that the association formed by it is prohibited by section 5 of article 10 of the…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Wabash, St. Louis & Pacific Railway Co. v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
- Peyroux and Others v. HOWARD AND VARION.Supreme Court of the United States · 1833
- East Line & Red River Railway Co. v. RushingTexas Supreme Court · 1887
- Neaderhouser v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1867
- Vanderwerker v. PeopleNew York Supreme Court · 1830
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- Baltimore & O. R. v. ReedCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1915
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