Legal Opinion
Central New England Railway Co. v. Boston & Albany Railroad
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided May 13, 1929No. 532PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Stone
Petitioner is an interstate rail carrier having a branch line, a portion of which formerly extended a distance of 1.87 miles from Feeding Hills to Agawam Junction, Massachusetts, where it connected with the line of respondent. In order to secure an entrance to Springfield, Massachusetts, petitioner, on October 25, 1899,. entered into a contract which provided that until August 30, 1940, it should have the right to operate a limited number of trains per day over the line of respondent from Agawam Junction to Springfield, for which it agreed to pay the sum of $15,000 annually. In 1921,…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Great Northern Railway Co. v. Merchants Elevator Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1922
- Lambert Run Coal Co. v. Baltimore & Ohio RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1922
- New England Divisions CaseSupreme Court of the United States · 1923
- Colorado v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1926
- Pennsylvania Railroad v. Puritan Coal Mining Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1915
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3Cited by26 opinions
- Thompson v. Texas Mexican Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1946
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- Taylor-Edwards Warehouse & Transfer Co., of Spokane, Inc., a Washington Corporation v. Burlington Northern, Inc., a Foreign CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1983
- Montgomery Ward & Co. v. Northern Pacific Terminal Co.District Court, D. Oregon · 1953
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