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ST. LOUIS RAILROAD v. TERRE HAUTE RAILROAD

No. 42.

145 U.S. 393 (1892)

12 S.Ct. 953

36 L.Ed. 748

ST. LOUIS, VANDALIA AND TERRE HAUTE RAILROAD COMPANY, v. TERRE HAUTE AND INDIANAPOLIS RAILROAD COMPANY.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 16, 1892.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Lyman Trumbull and Mr. John M. Butler (with whom were Mr. Henry S. Robbins and Mr. Perry Trumbull on the brief) for appellant.

Mr. George Hoadly for appellee.

MR. JUSTICE GRAY, after stating the case as above, delivered the opinion of the court.

The object of this suit between two railroad corporations, as stated in the amended bill, is to have a contract, by which the plaintiff transferred its railroad and equipment, as well as its franchise to maintain and operate the road, to the defendant for a term of nine hundred and ninety-nine years, set aside and cancelled, as beyond the...

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