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Rhea v. Newport N. & M. V. R.

U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Kentucky

Decided April 7, 1892PublishedCited by 5 opinions

In Equity. Bill by B. S. Rhea & Son against the Newport News & Mississippi Valiev Railroad Company to restrain the obstruction of navigation in the Cumberland river, and to recover damages alleged to have been sustained on account of the obstruction.

1Opinion of the Court

Jackson, Circuit Judge.

This cause is now before the court upon exceptions on the part of both complainants and defendants to the report of the special master, filed herein February 15, 1892, and for final bearing upon the merits. The conclusions reached by the court upon the whole case render it unnecessary to notice and consider the master’s report and the exceptions thereto in detail. The bill was filed April 9, 1890, to restrain the defendant from obstructing the navigation of the Cumberland river, and to recover the special damage sustained by complainants because of such obstruction. The…

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