Mathieson Alkali Works, Inc. v. Norfolk & Western Railway Co.

These two actions of trespass on the case in assumpsit were instituted by the Mathieson Alkali Works, Incorporated (hereafter designated as plaintiff), in the Law and Equity Court of the city of Richmond, one of the nisi prius courts of this Commonwealth, one against the Norfolk and Western Railway Company, Southern Railway Company and Carolina, Clinehfield and Ohio Railway Company, the other against the Norfolk and Western Railway Company and Southern Railway Company, common carriers of freight, all doing interstate and intrastate business in the State of Virginia.

The cases are being heard…