Legal Opinion
New York, Philadelphia & Norfolk Railroad Ferry Co. v. County of Northampton
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided October 11, 1954No. Record 4211PublishedCited by 1 opinion
The opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the CourtHudgins, C.J.
The New York, Philadelphia and Norfolk Railroad Ferry Company, hereinafter designated the Railroad Ferry Company, in this appeal challenges the power or authority of the circuit court of Northampton county to compel it to continue indefinitely the ferry service it was rendering on February 25, 1953, between Cape Charles, Old Point Comfort and Norfolk, Virginia.
The historical background of this controversy is substantially as follows:
The New York, Philadelphia and Norfolk Railroad Company (not the Railroad Ferry Company) was chartered by the General Assembly of Virginia (Acts of 1871-2, p.…
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