Legal Opinion

Carolina Spruce Co. v. Black Mountain R.

Tennessee Supreme Court

Decided September 15, 1917PublishedCited by 6 opinions

FROM WASHINGTON. Appeal from tlie Chancery Court of Washington County. — Hal H. Haynes, Chancellor.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Williams

The Carolina Spruce Company, a private corporation, having purchased a large boundary of timber in Yancey county, N. C., was desirous of securing railway facilities for its development. The tract was located about twenty miles from the Carolina, Clinchfield & Ohio Railway, a trunk line, and its development required the construction by the Spruce Company, or another, of a tapdine railroad over which the forest products, such as lumber, logs, acid *141wood, etc., might he transported to some junction point on the Carolina, Clinchfield & Ohio Railway. The timber tract was located at or near the base…

2Cases cited19 opinions

  1. Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. MaxwellSupreme Court of the United States · 1915
  2. Cincinnati, New Orleans & Texas Pacific Railway Co. v. RankinSupreme Court of the United States · 1916
  3. Guillory v. Avoyelles Railway Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1900
  4. Tap Line CasesSupreme Court of the United States · 1914
  5. Courtright v. DeedsSupreme Court of Iowa · 1873

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3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Baugh v. NovakTennessee Supreme Court · 2011
  2. Hames v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 1991
  3. Southwest Engineering Co. v. Reorganized School District R-9Missouri Court of Appeals · 1968
  4. Valdez v. HerreraNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1944
  5. Union Transfer Co. v. FinchCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1932

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