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ST. LOUIS &C. RAILROAD v. CLEVELAND &C. R'Y.

No. 192.

125 U.S. 658 (1888)

8 S.Ct. 1011

31 L.Ed. 832

ST. LOUIS, ALTON AND TERRE HAUTE RAILROAD COMPANY, v. CLEVELAND, COLUMBUS, CINCINNATI, AND INDIANAPOLIS RAILWAY COMPANY.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 16, 1888.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. John M. Butler, with whom was Mr. Joseph E. McDonald on the brief, for appellants.

Mr. Stevenson Burke and Mr. John T. Dye for appellees.

MR. JUSTICE MATTHEWS delivered the opinion of the court.

At the time of the execution of the lease in 1867 of the St. Louis, Alton and Terre Haute Railroad to the Indianapolis and St. Louis Railroad Company, the railroad of the latter company was not in existence. It was subsequently constructed in order to form the connection which would give to the parties in interest the desired through line from Indianapolis to St. Louis. The capital stock of the Indianapolis...

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