Chicago Great Western R. v. Postal Telegraph-Cable Co.
District Court, N.D. Illinois
In Equity. Suit by the Chicago Great Western Railroad Company against the Postal Telegraph-Cable Company.
1Opinion of the Court
EVANS, Acting District Judge.
Plaintiff in this suit seeks to compel defendant to comply with the terms of a certain contract made December 26, 1888, between the defendant and plaintiff’s predecessor, and to restrain the prosecution of certain actions instituted by defendant to collect moneys alleged to be due for services rendered plaintiff by defendant. Sufficient allegations appear in the bill and are admitted in the answer and were conceded upon the trial to give a court of equity jurisdiction of the cause. In other words, it is conceded that, if the contract he upheld, the decree must be…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- United States v. Trans-Missouri Freight Assn.Supreme Court of the United States · 1897
- Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. MottleySupreme Court of the United States · 1911
- Santa Fe, Prescott & Phœnix Railway Co. v. Grant Bros. Construction Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1913
- Wight v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1897
- Union Pacific Railway Co. v. GoodridgeSupreme Court of the United States · 1893
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