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City of Knoxville v. Southern Railway Company

Circuit Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit
Jun 30, 1926
15 F.2d 1010 (6th Cir. 1926)

Summary

In City of Knoxville v. Southern Ry. Co., 149 Tenn. 291, 258 S.W. 143, the question as to whether the city of Knoxville, under general charter powers, had authority to require the railway company to build and maintain a viaduct over a crossing, was specially reserved.

Summary of this case from City of Memphis v. Southern Ry. Co.

Opinion

No. 4231.

June 30, 1926.

In Error to the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Tennessee; Zenophon Hicks, Judge.

Fowler Fowler, of Knoxville, Tenn., for plaintiff in error.

L.D. Smith, of Knoxville, Tenn., S.R. Prince, of Washington, D.C., and J.B. Wright, of Knoxville, Tenn., for defendant in error.


Dismissed pursuant to stipulation of counsel.


Summaries of

City of Knoxville v. Southern Railway Company

Circuit Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit
Jun 30, 1926
15 F.2d 1010 (6th Cir. 1926)

In City of Knoxville v. Southern Ry. Co., 149 Tenn. 291, 258 S.W. 143, the question as to whether the city of Knoxville, under general charter powers, had authority to require the railway company to build and maintain a viaduct over a crossing, was specially reserved.

Summary of this case from City of Memphis v. Southern Ry. Co.
Case details for

City of Knoxville v. Southern Railway Company

Case Details

Full title:CITY OF KNOXVILLE v. SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY and James C. Davis, Director…

Court:Circuit Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit

Date published: Jun 30, 1926

Citations

15 F.2d 1010 (6th Cir. 1926)

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