PULLMAN CAR CO. v. MISSOURI PACIFIC CO.


115 U.S. 587 (1885)

PULLMAN'S PALACE CAR COMPANY v. MISSOURI PACIFIC RAILWAY COMPANY & Another.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided December 7, 1885.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Edward S. Isham for appellant.

Mr. John F. Dillon and Mr. A.T. Britton for appellees.


MR. CHIEF JUSTICE WAITE delivered the opinion of the court. After stating the facts in the language reported above, he continued:

The main questions involved in the merits of this case are, 1, whether the contract between the Missouri Pacific and Pullman Companies, made before the consolidation, binds the consolidated company to haul the Pullman cars over the road of the St. Louis, Iron Mountain and Southern Company, if that...

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