Chicago, St. Paul & Kansas City Railway Co. v. St. Paul Union Depot Co.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Appeal by defendant, the St. Paul Union Depot Company, from a judgment of the District Court of Eamsey County, John W. Willis, J., entered February 15, 1893. The St. Paul Union Depot Company is a corporation created' under tlie laws of this state, and subject to the provisions of Sp..
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Appeal by defendant, the St. Paul Union Depot Company, from a judgment of the District Court of Eamsey County, John W. Willis, J., entered February 15, 1893. The St. Paul Union Depot Company is a corporation created' under tlie laws of this state, and subject to the provisions of Sp.. Laws 1879, ch. 318. The general nature of its business was declared to be to construct and operate transfer tracks in St. Paul,, open alike to the use under proper regulations of all railroads constructed or to be constructed to or into that city, and to build,, maintain, and operate a Union Passenger Depot in…
1Opinion of the CourtCollins, J.
This action grew out of the litigation which terminated in the decision of this court in the case of St. Paul Union Depot Co. v. Minnesota & N. W. R. Co., 47 Minn. 154, (49 N. W. Rep. 646.) The present plaintiff is the successor of the defendant in that action, which was tried in District Court soon after its commencement, in 1885, but was not decided in that tribunal until December 6, 1890, the judgment being affirmed here on August 24, 1891. The principal controversy was as to the terms or conditions upon which the railway company could enter into and share in the privileges of the depot…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- State v. St. Paul Union Depot Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1889
- St. Paul Union Depot Co. v. Minnesota & Northwestern RailroadSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1891
3Cited by1 opinion
- Burnett v. HopwoodSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1932