Southern Railway Co. v. Postal Telegraph-Cable Co.
Supreme Court of the United States
EEEOE TO THE OIEOUIT OOUET OF APPEALS FOE THE FOURTH CIRCUIT. This was a proceeding commenced by the Postal Telegraph-Cable Company (hereinafter called the telegraph company) against the Southern Railway Company (hereinafter called the railway company) to acquire by condemnation the right to construct its telegraph line along and over the railway company’s right of way through the State of North Carolina.
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EEEOE TO THE OIEOUIT OOUET OF APPEALS FOE THE FOURTH CIRCUIT. This was a proceeding commenced by the Postal Telegraph-Cable Company (hereinafter called the telegraph company) against the Southern Railway Company (hereinafter called the railway company) to acquire by condemnation the right to construct its telegraph line along and over the railway company’s right of way through the State of North Carolina. The petition therefor was filed by the telegraph company in the office of the clerk of the Superior Court of Guilford County, North Carolina, on June 11, 1898. A summons was issued requiring…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Brewer
The single question we deem it necessary to consider is whether a final judgment or order had been entered by the Circuit Court which could be taken by writ of error to the. Circuit Court of Appeals.
Luxton v. North River Bridge Co., 147 U. S. 337, 341, is decisive of this question. Indeed, little more seems necessary than a reference to the opinion in that case. There, as here, in condemnation proceedings, an order was made appointing commissioners to assess damages. To reverse this order a writ of error was sued out, and by that writ of error an attempt was made to challenge the…
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- Holcombe v. McKusickSupreme Court of the United States · 1858
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