Stewart v. Erie & Western Transportation Co.
Supreme Court of Minnesota
This action was brought in the district court for Ramsey county by a stockholder in the Lake Superior and Mississippi Railroad Co., in his own behalf, against said company, and the Brie & Western Transportation Co., for the jiurpose of enjoining said companies from doing business under a certain contract entered into between said companies, and to have said contract adjudged void. The Erie & Western Transportation Co. alone answered.
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This action was brought in the district court for Ramsey county by a stockholder in the Lake Superior and Mississippi Railroad Co., in his own behalf, against said company, and the Brie & Western Transportation Co., for the jiurpose of enjoining said companies from doing business under a certain contract entered into between said companies, and to have said contract adjudged void. The Erie & Western Transportation Co. alone answered. Plaintiff made a motion for judgment upon the pleadings, which was granted, and judgment duly entered in favor of plaintiff. The Erie & Western Transportation…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court.
Berry, J.
The Lake Superior and Mississippi Railroad Company is a corporation created under the laws of this state, and owning and operating a railway from St. Paul to Duluth. The appellant (The Erie and Western Transportation Company) is a corporation created by the laws of Pennsylvania, and engaged in the business of transporting by steamboats and other craft passengers and freight upon lakes Erie, Huron and Superior, and connecting waters, *375and running boats to and from tbe harbor of Duluth. The appellant entered into a contract with certain persons assuming to act for and on…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Bissell v. Michigan Southern & Northern Indiana Railroad CompaniesNew York Court of Appeals · 1860
- Hooker & Woodward v. VandewaterNew York Supreme Court · 1847
- Stevens v. Rutland & Burlington RailroadSupreme Court of Vermont · 1851
- Vermont & Canada Railroad v. Vermont Central RailroadSupreme Court of Vermont · 1861
- Perkins v. Portland, Saco & Portsmouth RailroadSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1859
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