Stearns Coal & Lumber Co. v. Jamestown R. Co.
Tennessee Supreme Court
FROM SCOTT. Appeal from the Chancery Court of Scott County.— Hon. Hugh 0. Kyle, Chancellor.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice GreeN
This is an action in ejectment brought to recover a strip of land occupied as a right of way by the Oneida & Western Railroad Company. This strip runs about four miles through the lands of the complainant.
A demurrer was interposed by the defendants below, which was sustained by the chancellor, and the complainant has appealed.
The hill avers that the Jamestown Railway Company was duly incorporated in October, 1912; that on July 3, 1913, an amendment was attempted to he made to the charter of the Jamestown Railway Company, whereby its name was changed to the Oneida & Western Railroad Company,…
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- McLemore v. Charleston & Memphis RailroadTennessee Supreme Court · 1902
- Scanlon v. WalsheCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1895
- Harris & Cole Bros. v. Columbia Water & Light Co.Tennessee Supreme Court · 1904
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