NASHVILLE, C. & ST. L. RY. v. WALTERS

No. 183.

294 U.S. 405 (1935)

NASHVILLE, CHATTANOOGA & ST. LOUIS RAILWAY v. WALTERS, COMMISSIONER OF HIGHWAYS, ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Reargued January 16, 1935.

Decided March 4, 1935.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Fitzgerald Hall for appellant.

Mr. Edwin F. Hunt, Assistant Attorney General of Tennessee, with whom Mr. Roy H. Beeler, Attorney General, was on the brief, for appellees.


MR. JUSTICE BRANDEIS delivered the opinion of the Court.

This suit under the Uniform Declaratory Judgment Act of Tennessee,1 was brought, on November 21, 1931, in the Chancery Court of Davidson County, Part One, by the Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway against the State Highway Commissioner and the Attorney General. The purpose of the suit is to secure a determination of the constitutionality...

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