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ALABAMA RY. v. JACKSON RY.

No. 244.

271 U.S. 244 (1926)

46 S.Ct. 535

70 L.Ed. 928

ALABAMA & VICKSBURG RAILWAY COMPANY ET AL. v. JACKSON & EASTERN RAILWAY COMPANY.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 24, 1926.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. J. Blanc Monroe, with whom Messrs. R.H. Thompson, A.S. Bozeman, S.L. McLaurin, and Monte M. Lemann were on the brief, for plaintiffs in error.

Mr. George B. Neville, with whom Messrs. Marcellus Green and Hardy R. Stone were on the brief, for defendant in error.

MR. JUSTICE BRANDEIS delivered the opinion of the Court.

The Alabama & Vicksburg Railway and the Jackson & Eastern Railway are both Mississippi corporations. Each owns and operates in intrastate and interstate commerce a railroad within that State. The latter instituted a proceeding under a state law to secure by eminent domain a connection with the former's line at a point east of the City of Jackson, called Curran's Crossing. Prior to instituting the eminent...

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