Central Stock Yards Co. v. Louisville & N. R.
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Western District of Kentucky. This is a bill filed by the stock yards company against the railroad company seeking a mandatory injunction requiring the railroad company to receive, transfer, transport, and deliver shipments of live stock tendered to it outside the state of Kentucky, consigned or tendered to be consigned to any points of physical connection between its line and the line of the Southern Railway Company…
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Western District of Kentucky. This is a bill filed by the stock yards company against the railroad company seeking a mandatory injunction requiring the railroad company to receive, transfer, transport, and deliver shipments of live stock tendered to it outside the state of Kentucky, consigned or tendered to be consigned to any points of physical connection between its line and the line of the Southern Railway Company in Kentucky, and designated for the Central Stock Yards or its station in Kentucky; and in like manner to deliver,…
1Opinion of the CourtDay, Circuit Judge
(after stating the facts as above). The discussion in this case has taken a wide range. In our opinion, it may be disposed in the solution of a few leading propositions, the first being: Is there a right, independent of a statute, to require the railroad company to receive the live stock for shipment to the Central Stock Yards, and to deliver the cars at a point of connection with the Southern Railroad in Louisville for transportation thereo? It is apparent from a consideration of the testimony that the Central Stock Yards Company is primarily the stock yards of the Southern Railway Company.…
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