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ATLANTIC COAST LINE v. GOLDSBORO

No. 112.

232 U.S. 548 (1914)

34 S.Ct. 364

58 L.Ed. 721

ATLANTIC COAST LINE RAILROAD COMPANY v. CITY OF GOLDSBORO, NORTH CAROLINA.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided February 24, 1914.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Frederic D. McKenney, with whom Mr. George B. Elliott and Mr. George M. Rose were on the brief, for plaintiff in error.

Mr. Robert W. Winston, with whom Mr. J. Crawford Biggs, Mr. D.C. Humphrey, Mr. J.D. Langston and Mr. M.H. Allen were on the brief, for defendant in error.

MR. JUSTICE PITNEY delivered the opinion of the court.

The Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company, plaintiff in error, has succeeded to the ownership of the property, franchises, and rights of the Wilmington & Raleigh Railroad Company, which was chartered by the General Assembly of North Carolina in the year 1833, and whose name was afterwards changed to Wilmington & Weldon Railroad Company. Under its charter powers...

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