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PIEDMONT & NORTHERN RY. v. COMM'N.

No. 664.

286 U.S. 299 (1932)

PIEDMONT & NORTHERN RAILWAY CO. v. INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 16, 1932.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. W.S. O'B. Robinson, Jr., with whom Mr. H.J. Haynsworth was on the brief, for petitioner.

Mr. Nelson Thomas, with whom Mr. Daniel W. Knowlton was on the brief, for the Interstate Commerce Commission, respondent.

Mr. Sidney S. Alderman, with whom Messrs. S.R. Prince, F.B. Grier, Carl H. Davis, and E.S. Jouett were on the brief, for the respondents other than the Interstate Commerce Commission.

MR. JUSTICE ROBERTS delivered the opinion of the Court.

In 1910 a character was granted under the laws of North Carolina for Piedmont Traction Company, as a street railway corporation, authorized to construct street railways in and near Gastonia, with the limited powers of such a company. In the same year the Greenville, Spartanburg and Anderson Railway Company was chartered under the laws of South Carolina, as a street railway...

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