Baird v. Salina Northern Railroad

Citations

• 103 Kan. 452
• 173 P. 1069
• 1918 Kan. LEXIS 293

Syllabus

<p>SYLLABUS BY THE COURT.</p> <p>Railroads — Subscription Notes — Contract to Locate Depot and Station on Subscriber’s Land — Contract against Public Policy. A contract made in consideration of the giving of subscription notes, whereby a railroad company agrees permanently to establish and maintain on the subscriber’s land a passenger and freight depot and station, stockyards, sidetracks, and other shipping facilities, and to refrain from ever establishing or maintaining similar structures or facilities within competing distance of the subscriber’s land, is void as against public policy, and is void as against public policy irrespective of the provision not to establish other stations.</p>