Legal Opinion

Ames v. Union Pac. Ry. Co.

U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Nebraska

Decided November 12, 1894No. Nos. 59 Q, 60 Q, 62 QPublishedCited by 55 opinions

Three bills — one by Ames against tbe Union Pacific Railroad Company and others; one by Smith and others against the Chicago & Northwestern Railroad Company and others; and the other by ETig-gonson and others against the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company and others — for injunctions. Decrees for complainants.

1Opinion of the Court

BREWER, Circuit Justice.

In each. of these three cases, respectively, the plaintiffs arc; stockholders in the corporation first named therein as party defendant, in (lie first ¡he defendants are the Union Pacific Railway Company, a corporation created under the laws of congress, and owning and operating a railroad partly within the limits of the state of Nebraska; the St. Joseph & Grand Island Railroad Company, the Omaha & Republican Valley Railroad Company, and the Kansas City & Omaha Railroad Company, corporations organized under the laws of the states of Kansas and 'Nebraska, whose stock is…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Reagan v. Farmers' Loan & Trust Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1894
  2. Lincoln County v. LuningSupreme Court of the United States · 1890
  3. Chicot County v. SherwoodSupreme Court of the United States · 1893
  4. Cowles v. Mercer CountySupreme Court of the United States · 1869
  5. Reagan v. Mercantile Trust Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1894

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3Cited by55 opinions

  1. Board of Public Utility Commissioners v. New York Telephone Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1926
  2. West v. Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Co. of BaltimoreSupreme Court of the United States · 1935
  3. Love v. Atchison, T. & S. F. Ry. Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1911
  4. State v. Great Northern Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1915
  5. State ex rel. Hopkins v. Southwestern Bell Telephone Co.Supreme Court of Kansas · 1924

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