Memphis & State Line Railroad v. Union Railway Co.
Tennessee Supreme Court
PROM SHELBY. Application by defendants for certiorari and superse-deas made to the supreme court.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice M’Altster
This is a proceeding by the Memphis & State Line Railroad Company to condemn for railroad purposes a tract of land owned by the Union Belt Railway Company lying within the corporate limits of the city of Memphis. The property is generally described as a tract of land in the Fifteenth Ward of the city of Memphis, triangular in shape and lying between the tracks of the Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railroad Company and the Union Railway Company.
The petitioner alleges that it is now engaged in laying a line of track on its railroad from a point where the Yazoo and Mississippi Valley…
2Cases cited23 opinions
- Henley v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 1897
- State v. YardleyTennessee Supreme Court · 1895
- Matter of Gilbert Elevated Railway Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1877
- Burnett v. MaloneyTennessee Supreme Court · 1896
- Rogers v. Nashville, C. & St. L. Ry. Co.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1898
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3Cited by17 opinions
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- Balden v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 1909
- Wright v. DonaldsonTennessee Supreme Court · 1920
- Twin City Power Co. v. Savannah River Electric Co.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1930
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