Southern Railway Co. v. Commonwealth

Pursuant to Code, § 56-366.1 (Repl. Vol. 1959), the State Highway Commissioner filed with the State Corporation Commission a petition against the Southern Railway Company for the determination of the necessity for the construction of an overpass at a crossing of the tracks of the Railway Company and State Highway No. 617 in Fairfax county, whether the proposed plans and specifications therefor are proper and appropriate, and what proportion of the cost thereof should be borne by the Railway Company. The company filed an answer denying that it should pay any part of the cost of the project…