Southern Railway Co. v. Tennessee Valley Authority

ROBERT L. TAYLOR, Chief Judge.

This action was instituted by the Southern Railway Company to have its rights declared under Title 16 U.S.C. § 831c, with respect to certain expenditures made and probably to be made in connection with what has been referred to in this record as the Clinch River railroad bridge at Clinton, Tennessee.

This bridge was constructed by the Southern or its predecessors in 1903 or 1904 and has been in existence in part at least ever since that date. In 1957 a certain portion of the bridge was severely damaged by a train derailment which necessitated some major repairs.…