Kanawha Black Band Coal Co. v. Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co.

Maxwell, Judge:

The Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Company prosecutes this writ of error to a judgment of the circuit court of Kanawha County in favor of Kanawha Black Band Coal Company and Glenn Coal Company against Kanawha Central Railway Company and Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Company predicated upon a reparation order of the Interstate Commerce Commission. The case was tried before the court in lieu of a jury.

The two coal companies are producers of coal on the line of railway of the Kanawha Central Railway Company, whose road is five miles in length, located wholly within this state, and connects…