Railroad Companies v. Schutte
Supreme Court of the United States
Appeals from tbe Circuit Court of the United States for the Northern District of Florida. The facts are stated' in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Waite
delivered the opinion of the court. '
These cases, although separate in form, are so connected in their facts that they may properly be considered and decided together. The facts are these: —
The Florida, Atlantic, and Gulf Central Railroad Company, incorporated by the General Assembly of Florida in' 1853, built a railroad from Jacksonville to Lake City. The Pensacola and Georgia Railroad Company, also incorporated during the same year, built a road from Lake City through Tallahassee to Quincy in the direction of Mobile, with a branch to Monticello; and the Tallahassee Railroad Company,…
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