Ozark Coal Co. v. Pennsylvania Anthracite Railroad
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Johnson Chancery Court; Jeremiah G. Wallace, Chancellor; Private property cannot be taken against the owner’s consent for private use. Art. 2, § 22, Const.; 1 Lewis, Eminent Domain (2 ed.), § 157; Cooley’s Const. Lim. (6 ed.), 651; 17 N. H. 47; 42 Ga. 500; 35 Col. 593; 14 Minn. 365; 15 Md. 240; 30 Ind.
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Appeal from Johnson Chancery Court; Jeremiah G. Wallace, Chancellor; Private property cannot be taken against the owner’s consent for private use. Art. 2, § 22, Const.; 1 Lewis, Eminent Domain (2 ed.), § 157; Cooley’s Const. Lim. (6 ed.), 651; 17 N. H. 47; 42 Ga. 500; 35 Col. 593; 14 Minn. 365; 15 Md. 240; 30 Ind. App. 557; 63 S. E. 880; 81 N. E. 1005; 60 Me. 290; 57 Ark. 359; 76 Ark. 245. The definition of “public use” as synonymous with public interest or advantage, found in the decisions of Utah, Nevada and other -mining States of the West, is justified, by the courts rendering these…
1Opinion of the CourtMcCueroch, C. J.
The General Assembly of 1905 passed an act entitled, “An act to authorize coal and other mining corporations in the State of Arkansas to construct, own, and operate short connecting lines of railway or tramway, and granting to them the right of eminent domain in condemnation suits.”
The act reads as follows:
“Section 1. That all persons owning or controlling by lease or purchase any copper, lead, zinc, iron, marble, coal or other mineral lands in this State shall have the same right to incorporate, own, construct and operate such short lines of railway or tramway as may be necessary to the…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Butte, Anaconda & Pacific Railway Co. v. Montana Union Railway Co.Montana Supreme Court · 1895
- New Central Coal Co. v. George's Creek Coal & Iron Co.Court of Appeals of Maryland · 1873
- Olmstead v. CampSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1866
- Railway Co. v. PettySupreme Court of Arkansas · 1893
- Phillips v. WatsonSupreme Court of Iowa · 1884
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