Injunction Granted to the Missouri Pacific Railroad
A federal judge blocks a state official from seizing and selling the Missouri Pacific Railroad over a disputed multimillion-dollar lien, a small but telling episode in the era's railroad-versus-state finance wars.
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The Cairo Bulletin · July 20, 1873 · Page 1
1 min readST. LOUIS, July 19.
A letter from Judge Dillon of the United States circuit court, sitting in chambers at Davenport, Iowa, was received here to-day, stating he granted a temporary injunction in the case of the Missouri Pacific Railroad company against Judson of this state, restraining that official from filing or offering for sale the Missouri Pacific railroad to satisfy an alleged lien on the state, amounting to about $1,150,000.
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