Baggage & Omnibus Transfer Co. v. City of Portland
Oregon Supreme Court
From Multnomah: William N. Gatens, Judge. In Bane. Statement by Me. Justice Mooee. This is a suit by the Baggage and Omnibus Transfer Company, a corporation, against the City of Portland, a municipal corporation, and its- directing executive officers, to enjoin the threatened enforcement of a city ordinance.
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From Multnomah: William N. Gatens, Judge. In Bane. Statement by Me. Justice Mooee. This is a suit by the Baggage and Omnibus Transfer Company, a corporation, against the City of Portland, a municipal corporation, and its- directing executive officers, to enjoin the threatened enforcement of a city ordinance. The complaint alleges in effect that the Northern Pacific Terminal Company, a corporation, owns in that city a union depot and railroad tracks connecting with similar lines of other railway companies; that on January 1, 1914, the terminal company entered into a written contract with the…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Moore
1. It is contended that the contract in question is void for the reason stated, and this being so an error *347was committed in granting the relief awarded. As to the validity of snch agreements the decisions of courts of last resort are not harmonious. Most of such final determinations relate to the analogous question of the granting by a railway company to a hack driver of a privilege to occupy some favored part of depot grounds so that an advantage is secured in the solicitation of passengers and baggage. In Old Colony R. Co. v. Tripp, 147 Mass. 35 (17 N. E. 89, 9 Am. St. Rep.. 661), which is…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Donovan v. Pennsylvania Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1905
- St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railway Co. v. Southern Express Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1886
- Old Colony Railroad v. TrippMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1888
- New England Express Co. v. Maine Central RailroadSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1869
- Lindsay v. Mayor of AnnistonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1893
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