Legal Opinion
Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad Company v. Illinois Central Railroad Company
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided October 3, 1955No. 15452PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TUTTLE, Circuit Judge.
This appeal is from a judgment of the District Court for the Northern District of Alabama denying appellant, Gulf, Mobile & Ohio Railroad Company, a decree terminating its contractual obligation to pay annual rental during the corporate life of GM&O and of the Illinois Central Railroad Company to the latter company for trackage rights because GM&O had obtained from the Interstate Commerce Commission permission to abandon the use of the route over the tracks in question.
The contract in issue was signed by the parties or their predecessors or subsidiaries in 1906.1 It…
2Cases cited7 opinions
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3Cited by15 opinions
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- United States v. Croft-Mullins Electric Company, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1964
- Fritz-Rumer-Cooke Co. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1960
- W. H. B. Simpson v. South Western Railroad Company and Central of Georgia Railway CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1956
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