CENTRAL TRANSP. CO. v. PULLMAN'S PALACE CAR CO.

No. 379.

139 U.S. 24 (1891)

CENTRAL TRANSPORTATION COMPANY v. PULLMAN'S PALACE CAR COMPANY.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 2, 1891.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. John G. Johnson for plaintiff in error.

Mr. Edward S. Isham and Mr. Wayne MacVeagh for defendant in error.


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

The principal defence in this case, duly made by the defendant, by formal plea, as well as by objection to the plaintiff's evidence, and sustained by the Circuit Court, was that the indenture of lease sued on was void in law, because beyond the powers of each of the corporations by and between whom it was made.

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