Postal Telegraph Cable Co. v. Southern Ry. Co.
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Western North Carolina
Proceeding by the Postal Telegraph Cable Company to condemn right of way for its line over the right of way of the Southern Railway Company.
1Opinion of the Court
SIMONTON, Circuit Judge.
The Postal Telegraph Cable Company filed its petition in the superior court of Guilford county, 3ST. C., seeking to condemn a right of way over the lands of the Southern Bailway Company. The petitioner sought a right of way for the erection of its poles and the stretching of its wires a few feet within the outside limit of the right of way of the railway company, so as in no way to obstruct or interfere with the use of its track by the railway company. The right of way sought extended through many counties of the state, the whole distance being largely over 200 miles.…
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