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LOUIS. & NASH. R.R. v. WESTERN UN. TEL. CO.

Nos. 176, 248.

250 U.S. 363 (1919)

LOUISVILLE & NASHVILLE RAILROAD COMPANY v. WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY. LOUISVILLE & NASHVILLE RAILROAD COMPANY v. WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 9, 1919.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Gregory L. Smith, with whom Mr. Henry L. Stone was on the brief, for appellant and plaintiff in error.

Mr. Rush Taggart for appellee and defendant in error.

MR. JUSTICE HOLMES delivered the opinion of the court.

These suits, the earlier begun in the District Court of the United States, the later in a Court of the State of Mississippi, are bills in equity containing the same allegations and seeking the same relief. They both seek a decree that state judgments of condemnation by eminent domain, giving to the telegraph company the right to erect its poles along the railroad's right of way across the

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