Great Falls Power Co. v. Webb
Tennessee Supreme Court
PROM WARREN. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Warren County.— Edwin L. Davis, Judge.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Creen
In this cause the effort of the Great Falls Power Company to exercise the right pf eminent domain is challenged.
This company was organized under the general corporation laws of Tennessee, and more especially under chapter 144, Acts 1901, chapter 151, Acts 1909, and chapter 127, Acts 1909.
*587Without pausing to enumerate or discuss the various powers conferred on this corporation by its charter, we find that, among others, it is endowed with authority to develop the “water powers of the rivers and streams of this State, whether in fact navigable, or by law declared navigable; to manufacture…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Munn v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1877
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- Brown v. GeraldSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1905
- Minnesota Canal & Power Co. v. Koochiching Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1906
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