Union Pac. Ry. Co. v. Chicago, R. I. & P. Ry. Co.
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Nebraska. ' Statement by Sanborn, Circuit Judge: These were suits brought by the appellees in the district court of Doug- ■ las county, Nebraska, in January, 1891, to compel the specific performance of two contracts, dated May 1,1890. The suits were immediately removed on petition of appellants to the United States circuit court for-the district of Nebraska, where they were heard by Mr. Justice Brewer,…
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Nebraska. ' Statement by Sanborn, Circuit Judge: These were suits brought by the appellees in the district court of Doug- ■ las county, Nebraska, in January, 1891, to compel the specific performance of two contracts, dated May 1,1890. The suits were immediately removed on petition of appellants to the United States circuit court for-the district of Nebraska, where they were heard by Mr. Justice Brewer, and decrees entered for appellees, from which these appeals are taken. To one of these contracts the Union Pacific Railway…
1Opinion of the CourtSanborn, Circuit Judge
The principal question in this case is whether this contract of May 1, 1890, is ultra vires oí the Pacific Company. The Union Pacific Railway Company is a consolidation, under authority of the act of congress of July 1, 1862, of the Union Pacific Railroad Company, the Kansas Pacific Railway Company, and the Denver Pacific Railway & Telegraph Company. It has succeeded to all the rights and powders granted to the Union Pacific Railroad Company by the acts of congress of July 1, 1862, (12 St. at Large, p. 489,) July 2,1864, (13 St. at Large, pp. 356, 362,) February 24, 1871, (16 St. at Large, p.…
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