Legal Opinion

Norfolk & Western Railway Co. v. Public Service Commission

West Virginia Supreme Court

Decided May 7, 1918PublishedCited by 19 opinions

Petition by the Norfolk & Western Railway Company for suspension of an order of the Public Service. Commission requiring petitioner to furnish shipping facilities to the Trace Coal Company for coal mined on its lands.

1Opinion of the Court

Ritz, Judge:

The Trace Coal Company made application to the Public Service Commission to compel the Norfolk & Western Rail*409way Company to furnish it shipping facilities for coal mined at its plant in Wayne county. Upon a hearing the commission entered an order requiring the railway company to make its election, within thirty days, of one of three things which would furnish the facilities desired, and to thereafter permit the complainant to furnish the material and labor required to provide that one of the facilities so selected by the said railway company. The railway company procured a…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Houston, East & West Texas Railway Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1914
  2. Southern Railway Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1911
  3. Northern Pacific Railway Co. v. Washington Ex Rel. AtkinsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1912
  4. Wisconsin, Minnesota & Pacific Railroad v. JacobsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1900
  5. Jacobson v. Wisconsin, Minnesota & Pacifc RailroadSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1898

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3Cited by19 opinions

  1. United Fuel Gas Co. v. Public Service CommissionWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1957
  2. Mill Creek Coal & Coke Co. v. Public Service CommissionWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1919
  3. State Ex Rel. Daniel v. Broad River Power Co.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1929
  4. City of Huntington v. Public Service CommissionWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1921
  5. Natural Gas Co. of West Virginia v. Public Service CommissionWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1924

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