Louisville Bridge Co. v. L. & N. R. R.
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Case 20 — Action by the Louisville & N. R. Co. against the Louisville Bridge Co. and the Pittsburg, C. C. & St. L. Ry. Co., for Breach of Contract. APPEAL FROM JEFFERSON CIRC D IT COURT, LAW AND EQUITY DIVISION.
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Case 20 — Action by the Louisville & N. R. Co. against the Louisville Bridge Co. and the Pittsburg, C. C. & St. L. Ry. Co., for Breach of Contract. APPEAL FROM JEFFERSON CIRC D IT COURT, LAW AND EQUITY DIVISION. From ti-ie Judgment Rendered Defendants Separately Appeal, and Plaintiff Prosecutes a Cross Appeal. .STATEMENT. lOn Novelmber 22, 1892, the appellee, the Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company, brought a suit in what was then the Louisville Law and Equity Court, thei case] being numbered ion the docket 5205. The apipeillánts, the Louisville! Bridge Company, and the Pittsburg,…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion of the court by
JUDGE HOBSON
Affirming.
On June 5, 1872, a contract was made between the Louisville Bridge Company, the Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company, the Pittsburg, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway Company, and certain other railroad companies,, by which the railroad companies agreed to send their traffic over the bridge, and hound themselves to pay the bridge company such rates therefor as would pay certain fixed charges, create a sinking fund to meet an outstanding debt, and pay the stockholders a given annual dividend. This contract is set out in the opinion of this…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Northern Pac. Ry. Co. v. KeyesU.S. Circuit Court for the District of North Dakota · 1898
- Pittsburg, C., C. & St. L. Ry. Co. v. DoddCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1903
- Curd v. LewisCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1833
- East Tennessee Telephone Co. v. City of RussellvilleCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1899
- Louisville Bridge Co. v. Louisville & Nashville R. R.Court of Appeals of Kentucky · 1899
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