Legal Opinion
Nashville, C. & St. L. Ry. v. Middle Fork Obion Drainage Dist. No. 6
Tennessee Supreme Court
Decided April 15, 1923PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Chiee Justice Green
delivered the opinion of the Court.
The defendant in error, the drainage district, was organized under chapter 185 of the Acts of 1909 for the reclamation of certain wet and swamp lands in Weakley county. The plaintiff in error is a railroad corporation, organized under the laws of Tennessee, one of whose lines crosses the territory of said' drainage district.
The drainage district has been duly projected under the act of 1909, and a right of way for the main canal designated, 200 feet wide, crossing the .right of way of the railway company. .The canal at the point of…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railway Co. v. Illinois ex rel. Drainage CommissionersSupreme Court of the United States · 1906
- New Orleans Gas Light Co. v. Drainage Commission of New OrleansSupreme Court of the United States · 1905
- NORTHERN PACIFIC RAILWAY COMPANY v. STATE OF MINNESOTA Ex Rel. THE CITY OF DULUTHSupreme Court of the United States · 1908
- Southern Railway Co. v. City of MemphisTennessee Supreme Court · 1912
- Cincinnati, Indianapolis & Western Railway Co. v. City of ConnersvilleSupreme Court of the United States · 1910
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3Cited by10 opinions
- Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway v. WaltersSupreme Court of the United States · 1935
- Chicago, R. I. & G. Ry. Co. v. Tarrant County Water Control & Improvement Dist. No. 1Texas Supreme Court · 1934
- City of Paris v. Paris-Henry County Public Utility DistrictTennessee Supreme Court · 1960
- City of Memphis v. Southern Ry. Co.Tennessee Supreme Court · 1934
- Nashville, C. & St. L. Ry. v. BakerTennessee Supreme Court · 1934
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