City Nat. Bank of El Paso v. El Paso & N. E. Ry. Co.

The City National Bank of El Paso, Tex., appellant, brought this suit against the appellees, El Paso & Northeastern Railroad Company, and various other railroad companies, alleging that the defendants were railroad corporations engaged in business as common carriers, owning and operating a line of railroad extending from El Paso, Tex., to Kansas City, Mo.; that on October 27, 1911, in consideration of the freight rate paid to the defendant El Paso & Southwestern Company, the El Paso & Northeastern Railroad Company, for. itself and its codefendants, agreed in writing signed by the plaintiff…