Legal Opinion
Terminal Coal Co. v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided January 11, 1949No. 9697PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
O’CONNELL, Circuit Judge.
In 1883 the James H. Hays Estate granted to the Pittsburgh Southern Railway Company, a predecessor of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company, a right of way embracing the property ¡here in question.1 The right was to continue “so long as the same shall be needed or required 'for the corporate uses and purposes .of the said [railroad].” Appellant has succeeded to ' whatever interest was retained by the Hays Estate.
On July 23, 1942, appellee petitioned for the condemnation in fee simple of twenty-eight parcels of land, one of which was the aforementioned strip. About two…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Olson v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1934
- United States Ex Rel. Tennessee Valley Authority v. PowelsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
- Western Union Telegraph Co. v. Pennsylvania RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1904
- United States v. 13,255.53 Acres of Land in Burlington & Ocean CountiesCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1946
- United States v. Certain Lands in Borough of BrooklynCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1942
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Hemphill v. Mississippi State Highway CommissionMississippi Supreme Court · 1962
- Department of Public Works & Buildings v. SchmaussAppellate Court of Illinois · 1972
- United States v. 635.76 Acres of LandDistrict Court, W.D. Arkansas · 1970
- In re the Valuation Proceedings Under §§ 303(c) & 306 of the Regional Rail Reorganization Act of 1973Special Court under the Regional Rail Reorganization Act · 1983
- STATE BY AND THROUGH ALA. STATE DOCKS v. AtkinsSupreme Court of Alabama · 1983
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