Legal Opinion
Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co. v. Westinghouse, Church, Kerr & Co.
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided March 1, 1926No. 170 and 171PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Justice Brandéis
delivered the opinion of the Court.
These actions were brought in a state court of Virginia to recover amounts alleged to be due for the use of an engine and crew rented or assigned by the Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Company to Westinghouse, Church, Kerr & Co., Inc., under a contract made in September, 1917. The latter corporation was engaged in construction work for the Government on. premises at Newport News connected by industrial tracks with the Railway’s main line. Owing to war conditions, there was then serious congestion of traffic at Newport News, and the Railway…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Davis v. CornwellSupreme Court of the United States · 1924
- Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Co. v. MaucherSupreme Court of the United States · 1919
- Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co. v. Westinghouse, Church, Kerr & Co.Supreme Court of Virginia · 1924
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- W. H. Blodget Co. v. New York Central RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1927
- Central & Southern Motor Freight Tariff Ass'n v. United StatesDistrict Court, D. Delaware · 1967
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