St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railroad v. Southern Express Co.
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF MISSOURI. . Motion to dismiss an appeal. . The facts necessary for understanding the merits of the motion are stated thus by the court.
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APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF MISSOURI. . Motion to dismiss an appeal. . The facts necessary for understanding the merits of the motion are stated thus by the court. The Southern Express Company, an express carrier, filed its bill in equity against the St. Louis,. Iron Mountain- & Southern Railway Company, in the Circuit Court for the Eastern District of Missouri, to enjoin the railway company from interfering with or disturbing the express company in the enjoyment of the facilities it then had for the transaction, of its express business over…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Waite
delivered-the opinion of the court. After stating the facts in the language above cited, he continued : ’
As Ave have had occasion to say at the present term, in Bostwick v. Brinkerhoff, 106 U. S. 3, and Grant v. Phœnix Insurance Company, 106 U. S. 429, a decree is final, for the purposes- of an appeal to this, court, Avhen it terminates the litigation betAveen the parties on the merits of the case, and leaves nothing to be done but to enforce by execution what has been determined. Under this rule we think the present decree is final. The suit was brought to compel the railway company to do…
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