City of New Orleans v. Texas & Pac. Ry. Co.

SIBLEY, Circuit Judge.

This case is a companion to that of the City of New Orleans v. Texas & New Orleans Railroad Co., 5 Cir., 195 F.2d 882, and involves the same “hold cars” agreement, and also a similar final decree declaring the agreement legal and valid and granting a perpetual injunction against refusal by the City, through its Public Belt Railroad Commission, to handle and hold cars according to the agreement and without additional compensation. The City appeals from the decree.

The appellees, on October 2, 1940, at about the time the City and the Texas and New Orleans Railroad Company…