Madisonville Traction Company v. Saint Bernard Mining Company
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED. STATES FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF KENTUCKY. The facts are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Harlan
The- Madisonville Traction Company, a Kentucky corporation, having by its charter authority to construct an electric railroad, filed its application in the County Court of Hopkins County, in that Commonwealth, to condemn' for its use certain lands belonging to the Saint Bernard Mining Company, a Delaware corporation engaged in mining coal — the Traction Company being styled in the application as plaintiff and the Mining Company as defendant.
The application was made under the Kentucky Statutes .relating to the condemnation of lands. The nature of those proceedings, whether judicial or' not,…
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