Legal Opinion
Texas & New Orleans Railroad v. Northside Belt Railway Co.
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided April 9, 1928No. 231PublishedCited by 52 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Justice Brandéis
delivered the opinion of the Court.
Under the laws of Texas, Cullinan secured a charter for the Northside Belt Railway Company with power to build and operate, as a common carrier, a terminal' railway from a private plant to another local railroad. The line was to be about five miles long and wholly within that State. The Northside Company instituted proceedings in a Texas court to acquire by condemnation a right of way, for a short distance, over unused land owned by the Texas & New Orleans Railroad Company, an interstate carrier. Thereupon, the latter brought, under…
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