Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe Railway Co. v. Texas
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE COURT OF CIVIL APPEALS, THIRD SUPREME JUDICIAL DISTRICT, OF THE STATE OF TEXAS. The case is stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Holmes
This is a suit by the State to compel the defendant railroad, the plaintiff in error, to stop two interstate trains, one numbered 17 and southbound, the-other numbered IS and northbound, at the City of Meridian,, for a time sufficient to receive and let off passengers.. Meridian is the County Seat of Bosque County and has a population of 1500. Two other trains of-the defendant going each way stopped there daily, but the-.Railroad Commission of "(he Sate found that these were insufficient for the needs', of business at that station and made the order that this suit seeks to have carried out.…
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