McNeill v. Southern Railway Co.
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL AND CROSS APPEAL PROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OP THE UNITED STATES POR .THE EASTERN DISTRICT OP NORTH CAROLINA. The Southern Railway Company, a corporation organized under the laws of the State of Virginia, operates among others a line of railway passing through Greensboro, North Carolina.
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APPEAL AND CROSS APPEAL PROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OP THE UNITED STATES POR .THE EASTERN DISTRICT OP NORTH CAROLINA. The Southern Railway Company, a corporation organized under the laws of the State of Virginia, operates among others a line of railway passing through Greensboro, North Carolina. At that place the Greensboro Ice and Coal Company, during the times hereafter mentioned, had a coal and wood yard, located some distance from the main track and right of way of the railroad. From this main track, however, there was a private siding or spur track extending across the land of private persons…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice White
The legal principle which controls the determination of this cause renders it unnecessary to state many of the facts contained in this voluminous record or to consider and pass upon a number of the legal propositions urged in the cause. But three questions are essential to be passed upon. They are, First. Whether the record discloses that the matter in dispute exceeds, exclusive of interest and costs, the sum or value of -two thousand dollars. Second. Whether, as to the individual defendants below, this cause in fact was a suit against the State of North Carolina. Third. Whether the order and…
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