Western Union Telegraph Co. v. Nashville, C. & St. L. Ry. Co.
Tennessee Supreme Court
FROM CARROLL. Appeal from tlie Circuit Court of Carroll County to the Court of Civil Appeals, and by certiorari to the Court of Civil Appeals from the Supreme Court.- — • Trios. E. Habwood, Judge.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Williams
delivered tlie opinion of the Court.
In February, 1912, the Western Union Telegraph Company, a body corporate under the laws of the State of New York, filed in the circuit court its petition for the condemnation of an easement or right of way over and along the railway rights of way owned, or.occupied as lessee, by the Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway in Carroll county, through which county run two divisions (the Nashville and the Padu-cah) of the lines of railway of that company. The Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company, as the owner and lessor of the Paducah division, was joined…
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- Western Union Telegraph Co. v. City of RichmondSupreme Court of the United States · 1912
- St. Louis & Cairo Railroad v. Postal Telegraph Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1898
- Atlantic Coast Line Railroad v. Postal Telegraph-Cable Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1904
- Chicago & Alton Railroad v. Joliet, Lockport & Aurora Railway Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1882
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