Mobile & O. R. Co. v. Mayor & Aldermen of Union City
Tennessee Supreme Court
FROM OBION Appeal from the Chancery Court of Obion County.— Colin P. McKinney, Chancellor.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Creek
The hill in this case was filed to enjoin two condemnation suits brought by Union City for the purpose of opening up a street over the rights of wav and depot grounds of the complainant railroad companies. There was a decree for the defendant below, from which complainants have appealed to this court.
The lines of the Mobile & Ohio Railroad Company and the Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway intersect in Union City in the heart of the town. The Mobile & Ohio Railroad runs north and south, and the Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway runs northwest and southeast. They cross, so as…
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