Hickory v. Railroad
Supreme Court of North Carolina
ActioN by City of Hickory against Southern Railway Company, beard by Judge Charles M. Cooke and a jury, at the February Term, 1906, of the Superior Court of Catawba. From the judgment rendered, both parties appealed.
1Opinion of the Court
Plaintiff's Appeal.
Clark, C. J.
This is an action to restrain the defendant from enlarging its freight station in the town of Hickory, the plaintiff alleging that the increase in traffic and shifting of more trains would make it a nuisance and dangerous, and averring that the defendant can and should locate a building to accommodate its increased traffic at some point further off and not enlarge its present building in the center of the growing and populous town. Both parties appeal, but the whole matter can be treated in one opinion.
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