Legal Opinion
Phenix City v. Alabama Power Co.
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided May 9, 1940No. 4 Div. 123PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FOSTER, Justice.
In 1903, Phenix City and Girard were separate corporations in Alabama, just across the river, the dividing line there be-' tween Alabama and Georgia. They were each cities with less population than 6,000, and had the charter power under acts of the legislature of Alabama to grant rights of way along its streets to street railway and electric light companies (Phenix City, Acts 1894-95, p. 41; Acts 1896-97, p. 307; Acts 1898-1899, p. 1183: Girard, Acts 1892-93, p. 944). The franchise granted to the Columbus Railroad Company by each city during that year was for the operation of…
2Cases cited42 opinions
- Walla Walla City v. Walla Walla Water Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1898
- Currin v. WallaceSupreme Court of the United States · 1939
- Indiana Ex Rel. Anderson v. BrandSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
- Union Dry Goods Co. v. Georgia Public Service Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1919
- Columbus Railway, Power & Light Co. v. City of ColumbusSupreme Court of the United States · 1919
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3Cited by23 opinions
- Flowers v. FlowersSupreme Court of Alabama · 1976
- City of Abbeville v. Aiken Electric Cooperative, Inc.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1985
- Foreman v. Dorsey Trailers, Inc.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1951
- Childress v. Foremost Ins. Co., Inc.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1982
- Birmingham Gas Co. v. City of BessemerSupreme Court of Alabama · 1947
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