State v. White Oak Railway Co.
West Virginia Supreme Court
Mandamus by the State, on the relation of the Mt. Hope Coal Company, against the White Oak Railway Company and others. Alternativa writ amended. Peremptory writ awarded.
1Opinion of the Court
Miller, Judge:
The defendant owns and operates a railroad in Payette county, from Macdonald Station on the Loup Creek branch of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company, to Price-Hill Station, a distance of about three miles. The relator, the Mount Hope Coal and Coke Compaixy, has opened up a coal mine on the line of defendant’s railway near Mount Hope Station, where it has built a substantial tipple, and is ready to mine and ship coal. The defendant owns its right of way in fee, of the width of one hundred feet. It is impossible for relator to reach the main track of defendant, as now located,…
2Cases cited12 opinions
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- Missouri Pacific Railway Co. v. NebraskaSupreme Court of the United States · 1896
- Northern Pacific Railroad v. Washington Territory Ex Rel. DustinSupreme Court of the United States · 1892
- People Ex Rel. Attorney-General v. New York, Lake Erie & Western R. R.New York Court of Appeals · 1887
- Jones v. Newport News & M. V. Co.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1895
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- City of Bradenton v. State Ex Rel. PerrySupreme Court of Florida · 1935
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