State v. Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway Co.
Tennessee Supreme Court
PROM HUMPHREYS. Appeal from Chancery Court of Humphreys County. G-eorge E. Seay, Ch. For a full statement of facts, see opinion of this Court in State v. Railroad, 12 Lea, 583.
1Opinion of the CourtFolkes, J.
This is a bill filed by the State and- county to recover taxes for the years 1883 *439and . 1884 upon an elevator and spur and sidetracks leading to and in connection therewith, and upon some twenty odd acres of ground owned by the railroad company, upon a portion of which said elevator and tracks are situated.
The proof shows that the elevator was built by the railroad company to receive and handle freight which may be received from or consigned to points on the Tennessee River. It is about three hundred yards from the road’s right of way, and was placed where it is because the river bank, at the…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co. v. City of MilwaukeeWisconsin Supreme Court · 1874
3Cited by4 opinions
- State v. EnloeTennessee Supreme Court · 1908
- In re Erie RailroadSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1899
- Grand Rapids & Indiana Railway Co. v. City of Grand RapidsMichigan Supreme Court · 1904
- Grand Rapids & Indiana Railway Co. v. City of Grand RapidsMichigan Supreme Court · 1904