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State ex rel. Board of Transportation v. Sioux City

Nebraska Supreme Court

Decided January 9, 1896No. 7526PublishedCited by 3 opinions

Error from the district court of Holt county. Tried below before Chapman, J. The opinion contains a statement of the case. In an argument against the contentions that chapter 11, Session Laws of 1893, is void for uncertainty, and that the act creates no tribunal, in case of a disagreement of the companies, to determine their respective rights, reference was made to the following authorities: Texas Express Co. v. Texas & P. R. Co., 6 Fed.

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Error from the district court of Holt county. Tried below before Chapman, J. The opinion contains a statement of the case. In an argument against the contentions that chapter 11, Session Laws of 1893, is void for uncertainty, and that the act creates no tribunal, in case of a disagreement of the companies, to determine their respective rights, reference was made to the following authorities: Texas Express Co. v. Texas & P. R. Co., 6 Fed. Rep., 437; Southern Express Co. v. Iron M. & S. R. Co., 10 Fed. Rep., 210; McCoy v. Cincinnati, I., St. L. & C. R. Co., 13 Fed. Rep., 3; State v. Republican…

1Opinion of the Court

Ryan, C.

This action was begun in the district court of Holt county, as shown by the prayer of the application for a writ of mandamus to compel the defendants to build, forthwith, a transfer or connecting switch at O’Neill, in said county, whereby the lines of the respondent railroad companies might be connected one with the other, and upon completion of said transfer switch to henceforth maintain the same in good condition and to receive and forward freight in car load lots offered by one road to the other offered bn or over said transfer switch, and to place in force a joint schedule of…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. Reagan v. Farmers' Loan & Trust Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1894
  2. Chicago & Grand Trunk Railway Co. v. WellmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1892
  3. Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co. v. MinnesotaSupreme Court of the United States · 1890
  4. Budd v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1892
  5. Wabash, St. Louis & Pacific Railway Co. v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1886

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3Cited by3 opinions

  1. In Re County Com'rs of Counties Comprising Seventh Judicial Dist.Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 1908
  2. State ex rel. White v. BarkerSupreme Court of Iowa · 1902
  3. Byington v. Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Co.Nebraska Supreme Court · 1914

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