Wells, Fargo & Co. v. Northern Pac. Ry. Co.
United States Circuit Court
In Equity. Suit for injunction. This cause came on to bo heard on the bill and answer thereto, and the affidavits of plaintiff and defendant, upon motion for a preliminary injunction to compel the defendant to furnish the plaintiff express facilities over its lines of railway northward between Portland and Tacoma, and eastward between Wallula junction and St. Paul.
1Opinion of the Court
Deady, J., (orally.)
This is a suit brought to restrain or constrain the defendant to furnish tho plaintiff with express facilities upon its railway from Portland to Tacoma, and from Wallula junction to St. Paul, and branches between those points. It is brought by Wells, Fargo & Go., a corporation organized by a special act of the territory of Colorado in 1866, whereby it is authorized to engage in the express business, and <o draw drafts and bills of exchange, or sell or buy the same in the coarse of such business. The act itself, section 1, provides :
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