Springfield Light, Heat & Power Co. v. Norfolk & W. Ry. Co.
District Court, S.D. Ohio
At Law. Action by the Springfield Light, Heat & Power Company against the Norfolk & Western Railway Company. On demurrer to two paragraphs of answer.
1Opinion of the Court
PIOLLTSTER, District Judge.
Heard on demurrer to the second and third defenses. The petition alleges, in substance:
[ 1 ] Plaintiff is a corporation of Ohio, doing business at Springfield, in that state. The defendant is a corporation of Virginia, and is a common carrier, operating a railroad from Chatteroy, W. Va., to Portsmouth, Ohio, and from Portsmouth to Columbus, and from Portsmouth to Cincinnati. It operates its spur track from Chatteroy in a westerly direction about two miles, to the mine of the Buffalo Coal (Collieries?) Company. Plaintiff, April 1, 1916, contracted with the coal…
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