Northern Pacific Railroad v. Whalen
Citations
- 149 U.S. 157
- 13 S. Ct. 822
- 37 L. Ed. 686
- 1893 U.S. LEXIS 2279
Syllabus
<p>A railroad corporation cannot, by the general principles of equity jurisprudence, or by the provisions of the Code of Washington Territory, maintain .a suit for an injunction, as for a nuisance, against the keepers of saloons near the line of its road, at which its workmen buy intoxicating-liquors and get so drunk as to be unlit for work.</p>
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- “As a corporation cannot be said to have life or health or senses, the only ground on which it can obtain either damages or an injunction, under [nuisance statutes], is injury to its property.”
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Judges: Gray
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