Legal Opinion

Chesapeake & O. Ry. Co. v. Murphy

Court of Appeals of Kentucky

Decided December 15, 1950PublishedCited by 9 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Sims

Denying writ.

This is an original action in this court wherein petitioner, Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Company, hereinafter referred to as the Company, is seeking a writ of prohibition against Hon. Ray L. Murphy, Judge of the Campbell Circuit Court, to restrain him from entering a judgment he has indicated he will enter in a suit to incorporate the town of Silver Grove in which will be included the Stevens railroad yards of the Company, which yards petitioner avers are unsuitable and unfit for municipal purposes.

Silver Grove is a community in Campbell County, where some 598 inhabitants reside,…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Engle v. MillerCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1947
  2. Farmers Nat. Bank of Danville v. SpeckmanCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1949

3Cited by9 opinions

  1. Graham v. MillsKentucky Supreme Court · 1985
  2. Merrick v. SmithCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1961
  3. Harrod v. MeigsCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1960
  4. Chesapeake & O. Ry. Co. v. City of Silver GroveCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1952
  5. Jobe v. City of ErlangerCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1964

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