Armour & Co. v. Texas & P. Ry. Co.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Western District of Louisiana; Rufus E. Foster, Judge. Suit against the Texas & Pacific Railway Company, wherein Pearl Wight was appointed receiver, and Armour & Co., a New Jersey corporation, and Armour & Co. of Texas, a Texas corporation, filed an intervening petition. From a decree dismissing the petition, the in-terveners appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
WALKER, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal from a decree dis missing an intervening petition filed by the appellants, Armour & Co., a New Jersey corporation, and Armour & Co. of Texas, a Texas corporation, in a suit in which the receiver of the Texas & Pacific Railway Company (which will be referred to as the Railway Company) was appointed. The appellants sought an injunction to prevent the *186Railway Company and its receiver from executing a contract to remove, and from removing, the tracks on Pacific avenue, in Dallas, Tex., including a switch ór industry track serving the petitioners’ plant.
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2Cases cited4 opinions
- Texas & Pacific Railway Co. v. MarshallSupreme Court of the United States · 1890
- McCall v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1890
- Northern Pacific Railroad v. Washington Territory Ex Rel. DustinSupreme Court of the United States · 1892
- Beasley v. Texas & Pacific Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1903
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