Collins v. Norfolk & Western Railway Co.

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Lassing

Affirming.

In December, 1908, tbe Norfolk & Western Railway-Company was engaged in the construction of an additional track on its line of railway from Big Sandy Store eastward for a distance of one mile to Clarion, on the north bank of Tug River, in the State of West Virginia. At each of these points a swinging bridge spans the river providing communication with the south side of the river, where the Big Sandy Coal Company operates a colliery. On the south bank a private roadway over the property of the coal company connects these bridges; on the north, they…