Beasley v. Texas & Pacific Railway Co.
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES CIRCUIT COURT’bF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT. The facts are stated in the opinion of the' court, The only question on this hearing is that of jurisdiction on • the equity side of the court. Appellant has the right to be heard. Mashall v. Tex. & Pac. Ry. Co., 136 U. S. 393. This is a Louisiana contract affecting Louisiana property and is governed by Louisiana law under arts. 296, 298, Code; Slaughter House Co. v. Larr'ieux, 30 La.
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APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES CIRCUIT COURT’bF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT. The facts are stated in the opinion of the' court, The only question on this hearing is that of jurisdiction on • the equity side of the court. Appellant has the right to be heard. Mashall v. Tex. & Pac. Ry. Co., 136 U. S. 393. This is a Louisiana contract affecting Louisiana property and is governed by Louisiana law under arts. 296, 298, Code; Slaughter House Co. v. Larr'ieux, 30 La. Ann. 799; Levy v. Waterworks Co., 38 La. Ann. 29. The injunction should be granted; also under Federal law. Boyce’s Executors v.…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Holmes
This is an appeal from a decree of the Circuit Court of Appeals ordering a bill against a railway company incorporated under the laws of the United States to be dismissed. The bill seeks to enjoin the railway company from building a depot within three miles of one already built at Uni in Louisiana, and alleges the following facts: Mrs. Beasley, the first named plaintiff, conveyed to a Louisiana corporation,, the Texarkana, Shreveport and Natchez Railway Company, a strip of land, one hundred feet wide, for a railroad track through her plantation, habendum to the company and its assigns so long…
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