Atlantic & Pacific Railroad v. City of St. Louis
Missouri Court of Appeals
Appeal from St. Louis Circuit Court. cited: 2 Dill, on Mun. Corp., 2d ed., 623, secs. 520, 521; Redf. on Rys., 3d ed., 391, sec. 105, p. 589, sec. 142 et seq.; Acts 1870, pp. 90, 91; Acts 1871, p. 66; 14 U. S. Stat. at Large, 292; McPheeters v. Meremac Bridge Co., 28 Mo. 465; People v. Duncan, 41 Cal. 507; Big. on Estop. 372, 384, 386, 387, 401,412; Brooklyn Central R. R. Co. v. Brooklyn City R. R. Co., 32 Barb. 358; Pearcy v. Calais R. R. Co., 30 Me. 498 ; Acts 1863 (Adj.
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Appeal from St. Louis Circuit Court. cited: 2 Dill, on Mun. Corp., 2d ed., 623, secs. 520, 521; Redf. on Rys., 3d ed., 391, sec. 105, p. 589, sec. 142 et seq.; Acts 1870, pp. 90, 91; Acts 1871, p. 66; 14 U. S. Stat. at Large, 292; McPheeters v. Meremac Bridge Co., 28 Mo. 465; People v. Duncan, 41 Cal. 507; Big. on Estop. 372, 384, 386, 387, 401,412; Brooklyn Central R. R. Co. v. Brooklyn City R. R. Co., 32 Barb. 358; Pearcy v. Calais R. R. Co., 30 Me. 498 ; Acts 1863 (Adj. Sess.), 478. cited : Acts 1851, p. 268 ; Acts 1849, p. 219; Acts 1863, p. 478; Porter v. North Missouri R. R. Co., 33 Mo.…
1Opinion of the CourtBakewell, J.
This was a proceeding to enjoin and restrain the city of St. Louis, the mayor, and the city engineer from tearing up a railroad track on Poplar Street, between Ninth Street and the Levee, in St. Louis, and from interfering with the use of the track by respondent for the purpose of its business as a railroad corporation carrying freight and passengers for hire.
It appears from the pleadings and evidence that the Pacific Railroad Company, in 1849, under a charter from the State, began constructing a railroad-track, from a point in the city of St. Louis a few hundred feet west of Seventh Street,…
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