Legal Opinion

Southern Railway Co. v. Commonwealth

Supreme Court of Virginia

Decided April 25, 1955No. Record 4349PublishedCited by 6 opinions

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1Opinion of the CourtBuchanan, J.

Southern Railway Company, appellant, an intrastate and interstate common carrier of freight and passengers, filed with the State Corporation Commission on September 16, 1953, a petition for authority to discontinue the operation of its passenger trains No. 7 and No. 14 between Richmond and Danville, in Virginia. Four public hearings were held and evidence introduced before the Commission in December, 1953, and February, 1954, and thereafter on July 21, 1954, the order appealed from was entered holding, for reasons stated in a written opinion by Commissioner King, concurred in by Commissioner…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Aetna Insurance v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1933
  2. Atlantic Coast Line Railroad v. Commonwealth Ex Rel. State Corp. CommissionSupreme Court of Virginia · 1950
  3. Fleming v. Commonwealth Ex Rel. Clinchfield RailroadSupreme Court of Virginia · 1950
  4. Lynchburg Traffic Bureau v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1949
  5. Southern Railway Co. v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1952

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3Cited by6 opinions

  1. State Ex Rel. Utilities Commission v. Southern Railway Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1961
  2. Washington v. WashingtonSupreme Court of Virginia · 1967
  3. City of Bristol v. Virginia & Southwestern Railway Co.Supreme Court of Virginia · 1959
  4. Users Association v. W&OD RAILROADSupreme Court of Virginia · 1967
  5. Norfolk & Western Railway Co. v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1974

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