Franklin & Pittsylvania Railway Co. v. Shoemaker

Designating the parties as they were designated in the trial court, the defendant, a Virginia corporation, was chartered on the 13th day of July, 1922, and by its charter was authorized to operate its lines “with steam or any other kind of motive power.” The road itself, now nineteen miles long, lies wholly in Franklin county. Its motive power consists of a light freight engine and a gasoline power car. This locomotive, carrying a light freight train, is scheduled to make one trip a week and runs as an extra whenever there is any demand for it. The power car makes two trips a day and is…