Legal Opinion
City of Clifton Forge v. Virginia-Western Power Co.
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided March 17, 1921PublishedCited by 6 opinions
Appeal from an order of the Corporation Commission.
1Opinion of the CourtBurks, J.
[1] This is a continuation of the litigation involved in the case of the Virginia-Western Power Co. v. City of Clifton Forge, 125 Va. 469, 99 S. E. 723, 9 A. L. R. 1148. On the former appeal the respective rights and duties of the parties were very fully considered and passed upon, and the validity and binding effect of the contract of franchise between the city and the predecessor in title of the appellee were upheld as to the service stipulated for in the franchise. It was also held that as to services not so stipulated for, jurisdiction over the same was vested in the State Corporation…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Steinman v. Clinchfield Coal Corp.Court of Appeals of Virginia · 1917
- City of Richmond v. Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Co.Supreme Court of Virginia · 1920
- Virginia-Western Power Co. v. City of Clifton ForgeSupreme Court of Virginia · 1919
3Cited by6 opinions
- City of Norfolk v. Virginia Electric & Power Co.Supreme Court of Virginia · 1955
- Commonwealth ex. rel. Page Milling Co. v. Shenandoah River Light & Power Corp.Supreme Court of Virginia · 1923
- City of Portsmouth v. Virginia Railway & Power Co.Supreme Court of Virginia · 1925
- Massaponax Sand & Gravel Corp. v. Virginia Electric & Power Co.Supreme Court of Virginia · 1936
- Blackwood Coal & Coke Co. v. Old Dominion Power Co.Supreme Court of Virginia · 1928
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