Norfolk & Portsmouth Belt Line Railroad v. Commonwealth
Supreme Court of Virginia
Appeal from State Corporation Commission.
1Opinion of the CourtWhittle, J.
This is an appeal from an order of the State Corporation Commission .fixing the charge for placing cars in position to be weighed on consignees’ or shippers’ individual track scales, located on sidings leading to industries along the line of appellant’s railroad, at twenty-five cents per car for each car, loaded or empty, so placed in position and weighed.
Appellant is a public service corporation, duly incorporated by the Legislature of Virginia, and authorized to acquire land .and construct, maintain, and operate a railroad with one .or more tracks, from any point on the line of the Norfolk…
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