Legal Opinion
City of Norfolk v. Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided October 8, 1951No. Record No. 3850PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWhittle, J.
This is an appeal of right taken by the city of Norfolk, Virginia and Dr. L. Eay Temple from an order of the State Corporation Commission of Virginia, which grants the Chesapeake and Ohio Eailway Company authority to suspend the operation of transfer service by ferryboat for passengers between Newport News, Norfolk and Portsmouth, Virginia, and to provide in lieu thereof transfer service by motor bus for passengers using its trains into'and out of Newport News.
On May 24, 1950 appellee filed its petition stating that passenger service "over the route had substantially decreased, that the…
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