Beasley v. Texas & P. Ry. Co.

Citations

• 115 F. 952
• 53 C.C.A. 434
• 1902 U.S. App. LEXIS 4267

Syllabus

<p>L Railroads — Contract Restricting Location of Stations — Validity.</p> <p>A contract by which a railroad company agrees to establish and maintain a station at a particular place, and not to establish or maintain any other station within a certain distance therefrom, is contrary to public policy, and cannot be enforced in a court of equity; but it would seem that the illegality of the agreement should not deprive one who on the faith of it, and without wrongful intent, has conveyed valuable property to the company, of a remedy at law.</p> <p>¶1. See Contracts, vol. 11, Cent. Dig. § 570.</p>