U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Eastern Pennsylvania December 19, 1894, No. 44 (Pullman Palace-Car Co. v. Central Transp. Co.)

BUTLER, District Judge.

The Central Transportation Company, a Pennsylvania corporation, chartered December 30, 1862, with a capital of $200,000, authorized to construct sleeping cars and run them under contract with such railroad companies as might contract with it, entered upon the exercise of its franchises, built cars, and operated them in pursuance of such contracts.