Lewis v. Weatherford, Mineral Wells & Northwestern Railway Co.

Citations

• 36 Tex. Civ. App. 48

Syllabus

<p>1. —Carriers of Passengers—Privilege of Train to Transfer Man—Anti-Trust Law.</p> <p>The action oí a railway company in permitting the agents of only one transfer and hack company to solicit business on its trains is not violative of the anti-trust statute as being an unauthorized restriction in the free pursuit of any business.</p> <p>2. —Same—Right to Grant Exclusive Privilege on Trains.</p> <p>A railway company has the right to exclude from its premises and cars persons going thereon for the purpose of transacting private business, and the privilege of so doing may be granted to one and refused to another without violating any principle of law which governs the conduct of carriers and regulates their duty to the public.</p> <p>3. —Same—Injunction by Carrier.</p> <p>An injunction will lie to restrain the agents of a transfer company from soliciting business on the trains of a railway company where the latter has granted to another transfer company the exclusive privilege to solicit business on its trains.</p>