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Norfolk & Western Ry. Co. v. Old Dominion Baggage Co.

Supreme Court of Virginia

Decided January 17, 1901PublishedCited by 16 opinions

Appeal from a decree of the Circuit Court of the city of Lynchburg, pronounced June 17, 1899, in a suit in chancery, wherein the appellee was the complainant, and the appellant and another were the defendants.

1Opinion of the CourtHarrison, J.

The bill in this case was filed by the Old Dominion Baggage Transfer Company, alleging that it was engaged at Lynchburg *112in the baggage transfer business; that the Lynchburg Baggage Transfer Company was engaged in a rival business at the same place, and that complainant and its rival had both theretofore been allowed to enter the grounds of the appellant, attached to the Union Station, for the purpose of soliciting baggage from persons alighting from the trains at that point; that the appellant had since leased to its rival, the Lynchburg Baggage Transfer Company, the right to solicit incoming…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Interstate Com. Commiss. v. B. & O. RAILROADSupreme Court of the United States · 1892
  2. Town of Danville v. PaceSupreme Court of Virginia · 1874
  3. Mangus v. McClellandSupreme Court of Virginia · 1895

3Cited by16 opinions

  1. Black & White Taxicab & Transfer Co. v. Brown & Yellow Taxicab & Transfer Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1928
  2. Hoffer Bros. v. SmithSupreme Court of Virginia · 1927
  3. Norfolk & Western Railway Co. v. Cheatwood's AdministratrixSupreme Court of Virginia · 1905
  4. Wilson v. PollardSupreme Court of Georgia · 1940
  5. Hedding v. GallagherSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1903

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