City of Bristol v. Virginia & Southwestern Railway Co.

In this proceeding the city of Bristol, Virginia, a municipal corporation, hereinafter called the city, seeks to extend Euclid avenue at grade across the tracks and yard of Virginia and Southwestern Railway Company, under lease to the Southern Railway Company. The city petitioned the State Corporation Commission, hereinafter called the Commission, to certify that a public necessity or an essential public convenience required the street extension, and to approve or revise and approve in accordance with § 4(13) of the city charter, the plans submitted by the city for the construction of the…