Legal Opinion

Chesapeake & O. Ry. Co. v. City of Silver Grove

Court of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976)

Decided May 30, 1952PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

COMBS, Justice.

This appeal is a sequel to Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Company v. Murphy, 314 Ky. 309, 234 S.W.2d 969, 971. In that case we denied the Railway Company’s application for a writ of prohibition to prevent the circuit judge" "from entering a judgment which would include the Company’s railroad yards and terminal facilities within the incorporated limits of the proposed City of Silver Grove. The writ was sought on the ground that inclusion of the railroad yards within the boundaries of the proposed city would amount to an arbitrary taking of the Company’s property in violation of the…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Ewing v. State Ex Rel. PollardTexas Supreme Court · 1891
  2. State ex rel. Patterson v. McReynoldsSupreme Court of Missouri · 1875
  3. Stephens v. FeltonCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1896
  4. Waldrop v. Kansas City Southern Railway Co.Supreme Court of Arkansas · 1917
  5. Engle v. MillerCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1947

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3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Mobil Oil Corporation v. Local Boundary CommissionAlaska Supreme Court · 1974
  2. Kentucky Alcoholic Beverage Control Board v. JacobsCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1954
  3. City of Louisville v. KraftCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1956
  4. Merrick v. SmithCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1961
  5. Louisville Shopping Center, Inc. v. City of St. MatthewsKentucky Supreme Court · 1982

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