Legal Opinion

Southern Indiana Railway Co. v. Railroad Commission

Indiana Supreme Court

Decided April 2, 1909No. 21,250PublishedCited by 38 opinions

Prom Lawrence Circuit Court; James B. Wilson, Judge. Suit by the Railroad Commission of Indiana against the Southern Indiana Railway Company and another. Prom a decree for plaintiff, defendants appeal.

1Opinion of the CourtHadley, J.

The railroads of appellants, Southern Indiana Railway Company (hereinafter called the Southern) and the Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern Railway Company (hereinafter called the B. & 0.), intersect at Bedford, Indiana, at which place said companies maintain proper interchanging switches. The United States Cement Company, a large consumer of coal, operates a cement factory at Lehman, a switch station on the line of the B. & 0., two and one-half miles south of Bedford. The cement company got its coal supply from the Linton fields in Greene county, Indiana. Such coal was transported over the…

2Cases cited33 opinions

  1. Munn v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1877
  2. Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad v. ChicagoSupreme Court of the United States · 1897
  3. Smyth v. AmesSupreme Court of the United States · 1898
  4. Reagan v. Farmers' Loan & Trust Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1894
  5. Smyth v. Ames; Smyth v. Smith; Smyth v. HigginsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1898

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3Cited by38 opinions

  1. Edwards v. Housing Authority of City of MuncieIndiana Supreme Court · 1939
  2. Sabre v. Rutland RailroadSupreme Court of Vermont · 1913
  3. Indiana Telephone Corp. v. Public Service CommissionIndiana Court of Appeals · 1960
  4. Winfield v. Public Service CommissionIndiana Supreme Court · 1911
  5. Gregg v. Public Service CommissionCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1913

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