Omaha & C. B. St. Ry. Co. v. Interstate Commerce Commission
Commerce Court
Petition by the Omaha & Council Bluffs Street Railway Company and Omaha & Council Bluffs Railway & Bridge Company against the Interstate Commerce Commission, in which the United States intervened. On demurrer to bill. Demurrer sustained, and bill dismissed. For opinion and order of the Interstate Commerce Commission, see 17 Interst. Com. Com’n R. 239.
1Opinion of the Court
MACK, Judge.
The Omaha & Council Bluffs Railway & Bridge Company, hereinafter referred to as the Bridge Company, an Iowa corporation, constructed, under authority of an act of Congress (Act March 3, 1887, c. 356, 24 Stat. 501 [U. S. Comp. St. 1901, p. 3154])-, and now owns, a joint railroad, wagon, and foot toll bridge over the Missouri river at Omaha, Neb., and Council Bluffs, Iowa; and also owns a railway, which begins at the west end of the bridge in Omaha, ■Neb., and extends eastward across the bridge to Council Bluffs, Iowa. The Bridge Company also owns the stock and bonds of the Omaha,…
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- The Employers'liability CasesSupreme Court of the United States · 1908
- Wabash, St. Louis & Pacific Railway Co. v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
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- Board of Railroad Commissioners v. Market Street Railway Co.California Supreme Court · 1901
- Omaha & C. B. St. Ry. Co. v. Interstate Commerce CommissionU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Nebraska · 1910
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