Alper v. Tormey
California Court of Appeal
APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of Contra Costa County, and from an order denying a new trial. W. S. Wells, Judge. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the Court
The action was brought to restrain defendants from interfering with plaintiffs' use and enjoyment of certain railroad spur tracks.
These spur tracks were connected with and constituted an important part of a large meat packing plant owned and operated by the Union Stock Yard Company, situated at Rodeo, Contra Costa county.
Two tracks were built, both running — one easterly and the other westerly — from the buildings of the stockyard company to the main lines of the Southern Pacific Railroad Company.
The east track, the only one in controversy here, was constructed some time prior to the other.
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