Legal Opinion
Georgia v. Trustees of the Cincinnati Southern Railway
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided November 18, 1918No. 21 OriginalPublishedCited by 15 opinions
IN EQUITY. The case is stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Holmes
This is a suit brought in this Court by the State of Georgia to prevent the defendants from longer occupying or using any'portion of the right of way of the Western and Atlantic Railroad, a railroad built and owned by the plaintiff State. The question, although argued át pon---siderable length, is a very short one. On October 8,1879, the State passed an act sufficiently explained .by its Contents. 1 On August 21, 1916, reciting that the Cincinnati . Southern Rahway now is controlled by a Competitor of the Western and Atlantic road and that the Western and Atlantic needs the space, Georgia…
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- State Ex Inf. McKittrick v. Southwestern Bell Telephone Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1936
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