Missouri Pac. R. Co. v. St. Louis Southwestern Ry. Co.

DEWEY, District Judge.

Appeal from a decree of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas granting an injunction restraining the appellant from constructing a certain railroad track unti] it shall have applied for and obtained from the Interstate Commerce Commission a certificate that the present or future public convenience and necessity require the construction of said proposed track.

Appellant and appellee are railway corporations engaged in interstate commerce. The lines of railroad of both parties pass through North Little Rock in Arkansas. In the eastern part of…