Legal Opinion
City of Hampton v. Newport News & Hampton Railway, Gas & Electric Co.
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided January 14, 1926No. 2247PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCampbell, J.
This is an appeal from an order entered by the State-Corporation Commission permitting the defendant in error to discontinue the operation of its street ears in the city of Hampton along Locust street from Queen street to Mallory avenue, and on the line from Mallory avenue in a northerly direction to its terminus.
The agreed statement of facts, certified to this court by the chairman of the Corporation Commission, shows, among other things, that the petitioner, the Newport News and Hampton Railway, Gas and Electric Company, is a public service corporation, a public utility and a transportation…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Norfolk & Western Railway Co. v. Public Service CommissionWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1918
- City of Portsmouth v. Virginia Railway & Power Co.Supreme Court of Virginia · 1925
- Southern Railway Co. v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1918
3Cited by7 opinions
- Washington v. WashingtonSupreme Court of Virginia · 1967
- Lynchburg Traffic Bureau v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1949
- Clifton Forge-Waynesboro Telephone Co. v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1935
- Users Association v. W&OD RAILROADSupreme Court of Virginia · 1967
- City of Hampton v. Newport News & Hampton Railway, Gas & Electric Co.Supreme Court of Virginia · 1926
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