H. A. & L. D. Holland Co. v. Northern Pac. Ry. Co.
District Court, E.D. Washington
In Equity. Suits by the H. A. & R. D. Holland Company, by George Turner and wife, by H. J. Shinn and wife, and by W. H. Kiernan and wife, against the Northern Pacific Railway Company.
1Opinion of the Court
RUDKIN, District Judge.
These several hills were filed by the owners of certain lots abutting on Railroad street in the city of Spokane to restrain the Northern Pacific Railway Company from elevating its tracks in Railroad street in front of their property and for other appropriate relief. By consent of parties the suits were consolidated for the purposes of trial, and the record made at the hearing discloses substantially the following facts:
By the first section of the Act of Congress of July 2, 1864 (13 Stat. 365, c. 217), the Northern Pacific Railroad Company was created a corporation and…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Northern Pacific Railway Co. v. TownsendSupreme Court of the United States · 1903
- Railroad Co. v. BaldwinSupreme Court of the United States · 1881
- Northern Pacific Railroad v. SmithSupreme Court of the United States · 1898
- State ex rel. B. Schade Brewing Co. v. Superior CourtWashington Supreme Court · 1911
- North Coast Railway v. Northern Pacific Railway Co.Washington Supreme Court · 1908
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