Burroughs v. City of Dallas
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Northern District of Texas; Edward R. Meek, Judge. Suit by Nelson T. Burroughs against the City of Dallas and others to restrain the operation of a scenic railway. Decree for defendants, and complainant appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
WALKER, Circuit Judge.
This was a suit in equity brought by the appellant, a citizen of Illinois, living in Chicago, against “the appellees, the city of Dallas, the State Fair of Texas, a Texas corporation, the Fair Park Scenic Railway Company, a Texas corporation, and Palmer G. Cameron, the manager of the last-named corporation. The relief sought was an injunction restraining the appellees, or either of them, from operating or permitting others to operate a described scenic railway in its present location on premises separated by Exposition avenue in the city of Dallas from a lot owned by the…
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