Legal Opinion

Southern Ry. Co. v. Fisher

Tennessee Supreme Court

Decided April 15, 1918PublishedCited by 6 opinions

FROM SHELBY. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Shelby County to the Court of Civil Appeals, and by certiorari to the Court of Civil Appeals from the Supreme Court.— IioN. Bek L. Capell, Judge.

1Opinion of the Court

Mr. Justice "Williams

delivered, the opinion of the Court.

This suit grows ont of the construction and maintenance by the railway company of its Forrest Terminal Yards, located just east of the eastern city boundary line and about six miles from the company’s depots in the city of Memphis, which city is the western terminus of the company’s extensive system of railways in this State. These yards, are something above one mile in length, with a width of about two hundred and fifty feet at a point opposite the property of Fisher, plaintiff below.

Fisher was the owner of a parcel of realty fronting…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Louisville & Nashville Terminal Co. v. LellyettTennessee Supreme Court · 1904
  2. Terminal Co. v. JacobsTennessee Supreme Court · 1902
  3. Matthias v. Minneapolis, St. Pahl & Sault Ste. Marie Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1914

3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Gulf States Steel Co. v. LawSupreme Court of Alabama · 1932
  2. National Cash Register Co. v. LeachCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1926
  3. Arizona Hercules Copper Co. v. Protestant Episcopal Church Corp.Arizona Supreme Court · 1920
  4. Ball v. New York Central RailroadNew York Court of Appeals · 1920
  5. Ball v. . N.Y.C.R.R. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1920

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