Grand Trunk W. Ry. Co. v. Chicago & E. I. R. Co.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Northern District of Illinois. The appellants, the Grand Trunk Western Railway Company (styled for brevity the “Grand Trunk Company”), Chicago & Erie Railroad Company (styled for brevity the “Erie Company”), Chicago, Indianapolis & Louisville Railway Company (styled for brevity the “Monón Company”), and the Wabash Railroad Company (styled for brevity the “Wabash Company”), brought suit against the Chicago & Eastern…
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Northern District of Illinois. The appellants, the Grand Trunk Western Railway Company (styled for brevity the “Grand Trunk Company”), Chicago & Erie Railroad Company (styled for brevity the “Erie Company”), Chicago, Indianapolis & Louisville Railway Company (styled for brevity the “Monón Company”), and the Wabash Railroad Company (styled for brevity the “Wabash Company”), brought suit against the Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railroad Company, the appellee (styled for brevity the “Eastern Illinois Company”), to restrain the latter’ from…
1Opinion of the CourtJenkins, Circuit Judge
(after stating the facts). The prayer of the bill seeks the specific performance by the Eastern Illinois Company of certain supposed covenants—express or implied—contained in the agreements or leases between that company and the Western Indiana Company, and to restrain the Eastern Illinois Company from diverting its freight and passenger business, or any part of it, from the railway and the Dearborn Station of the Western Indiana Company, and from using the terminal facilities of any other company for its traffic at Chicago.
The questions arising upon this record are these: First, whether the…
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