St. Louis, I. M. & S. Ry. Co. v. Bellamy
District Court, E.D. Arkansas
In Equity. Suit by the St. Rouis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railway Company against George W. Bellamy ánd others, Railroad Commissioners of Arkansas, and others. On supplemental bill for injunction. This proceeding arose out of the Arkansas railroad rate eases which have been pending in this court for some time.
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In Equity. Suit by the St. Rouis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railway Company against George W. Bellamy ánd others, Railroad Commissioners of Arkansas, and others. On supplemental bill for injunction. This proceeding arose out of the Arkansas railroad rate eases which have been pending in this court for some time. The original suit was brought by the railroad company against the Railroad Commissioners of the state and two persons who are alleged to be shippers of freight and passengers on the road, as representatives of the shippers and passengers affected by the suit. The plaintiff now files a…
1Opinion of the CourtTrieber, District Judge
(after stating the facts as above). The argument of the numerous counsel took a very wide range, and a great many questions were discussed. Among others were the liability on the bonds, the liability of the railroad company regardless of the bond, before the final decree making the injunction perpetual was rendered by this court, and the liability of the railroad company on the bonds, as well as individually, for the excess rates collected after the injunction had been made perpetual by this court, and up to the time it was dissolved and the bill dismissed in obedience to the mandate of the…
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