Michigan Central Railroad v. Pere Marquette Railroad
Michigan Supreme Court
Appeal from Saginaw; Beach, J. ■ Bill by the Michigan Central Railroad Company to enjoin the Pere Marquette Railroad Company from violating the traffic provisions of a contract for the joint use of premises. From a decree dismissing the bill, complainant appeals.
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Appeal from Saginaw; Beach, J. ■ Bill by the Michigan Central Railroad Company to enjoin the Pere Marquette Railroad Company from violating the traffic provisions of a contract for the joint use of premises. From a decree dismissing the bill, complainant appeals. The Saginaw Valley & St. Louis Railroad Company was organized in 1871 to construct, own, and operate a railroad from the city of East Saginaw, which was situated on the east side of the Saginaw river, through the city of Saginaw, which was situated on the west side of the river, to St. Louis, in the county of Gratiot, a distance of…
1Opinion of the CourtGrant, J.
(after stating the facts). 1. It is first urged on behalf of defendant that by the contract of April *3432, 1878, that portion of the Jackson, Lansing & Saginaw Railroad covered by it was made a part of the road of the Saginaw Valley & St. Louis Railroad Company, and that it was the design and intent of said contract to make that portion of the Jackson, Lansing & Saginaw Railroad take the place and stand in the stead of the road which, by its articles of association, the Saginaw Valley & St. Louis Railroad Company was to construct between St. Louis and East Saginaw.
Whether the Saginaw Valley & St.…
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- Leslie v. . LorillardNew York Court of Appeals · 1888
- Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railway v. Denver and Rio Grande RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1892
- Seymour v. City of TacomaWashington Supreme Court · 1893
- Merrick v. WebsterMichigan Supreme Court · 1854
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