NORFOLK RY. v. PUBLIC SERV. COMM.

No. 187.

265 U.S. 70 (1924)

NORFOLK & WESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY v. PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION OF WEST VIRGINIA ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 5, 1924.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. John H. Holt, with whom Mr. Lucian H. Cocke, Jr., Mr. Lucian H. Cocke and Mr. Theodore W. Reath were on the briefs, for plaintiff in error.

Mr. Randolph Bias, for Followay, defendant in error. Mr. Lafe Chafin was also on the brief.


MR. JUSTICE BUTLER delivered the opinion of the Court.

John Followay, one of the defendants in error, a merchant at a village called Blackberry City in Mingo County, West Virginia, filed complaint with the Public Service Commission of that State, praying that the Norfolk & Western Railway Company, plaintiff in error, be required to furnish a suitable crossing and to provide reasonable facilities for the use of shippers at that place. After a hearing, at which...

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