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CENT. N. ENG. R. CO. v. B. & A.R. CO.

No. 532.

279 U.S. 415 (1929)

CENTRAL NEW ENGLAND RAILWAY COMPANY v. BOSTON & ALBANY RAILROAD COMPANY, ASSIGNOR.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 13, 1929.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. John L. Hall, with whom Mr. Marcien Jenckes was on the brief, for petitioner.

Messrs. Lowell A. Mayberry and George H. Fernald, Jr., were on the brief for respondent.

MR. JUSTICE STONE delivered the opinion of the Court.

Petitioner is an interstate rail carrier having a branch line, a portion of which formerly extended a distance of 1.87 miles from Feeding Hills to Agawam Junction, Massachusetts, where it connected with the line of respondent. In order to secure an entrance to Springfield, Massachusetts, petitioner, on October 25, 1899, entered into a contract which provided that until August 30, 1940, it should have the right...

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