Southern Railway Co. v. Franklin & Pittsylvania Railroad
Supreme Court of Virginia
Appeal from a decree of the Circuit Court of Franklin county pronounced October 21, 1897, in a suit in chancery wherein the appellee was the complainant, and the appellant was the defendant.
1Opinion of the CourtRiely, J.
The Franklin and Pittsylvania Railroad Company (hereinafter called the Franklin Company) was incorporated by an act °of the General Assembly of Virginia, of March 12, 1878, and authorized to construct a railroad “ from some point on the main line of the Washington City, Virginia Midland, and Great *695Southern Railroad Company (hereinafter called the Midland Company), or any branch thereof, in the county of Pittsylvania, to Rocky Mount,” the county seat of Franklin county.
On September 19, 1878, it made a lease of its road, to take effect when the same was completed, to John S. Barbour, Receiver,…
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