Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. Kentucky
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE COURT OF APPEALS OF THE STATE OF KENTUCKY. This was a bill in equity, styled a petition, originally filed by the Commonwealth of Kentucky against the Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company, (hereinafter called the L. & N. Co.,) the Chesapeake, Ohio and Southwestern Railroad Company (hereinafter called the Chesapeake Co.) and several subordinate corporations tributary to the latter, to enjoin the L. & N. Co. (1) from acquiring the control of, or operating, the…
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ERROR TO THE COURT OF APPEALS OF THE STATE OF KENTUCKY. This was a bill in equity, styled a petition, originally filed by the Commonwealth of Kentucky against the Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company, (hereinafter called the L. & N. Co.,) the Chesapeake, Ohio and Southwestern Railroad Company (hereinafter called the Chesapeake Co.) and several subordinate corporations tributary to the latter, to enjoin the L. & N. Co. (1) from acquiring the control of, or operating, the parallel and competing lines of railroad known as the Chesapeake, Ohio and Southwestern system; (2) from acquiring or…
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Justice Brown,
after stating the case, delivered'-the opinion of the court.
This case turns to a certain extent upon the principles just announced in Pearsall v. Great Northern Railway Company, ante, 646, although it differs from that case in the fact that the charter of the L. & N. Co. contains no reserved power to alter or amend, as well as in several other minor particulars.
1. The original charter of the L. & N. Co., granted in 1850, was limited in its character, and authorized the company only to construct a railroad from Louisville to the Tennessee line, in the direction of Nashville,…
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