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SOUTHERN RY. CO. v. COMMONWEALTH

68 S.E.2d 552 (1952)

193 Va. 291

SOUTHERN RY. CO. v. COMMONWEALTH.

Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia.

Rehearing Denied March 11, 1952.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas B. Gay, H. M. Pasco, Richmond, Earl E. Eisenhart, Jr. and Charles Clark, all of Washington, D. C., for appellant.

J. Lindsay Almond, Jr., Atty. Gen., Henry T. Wickham, Asst. Atty. Gen., William C. Seibert, Richmond, for appellee.

Before all the Justices.

HUDGINS, Chief Justice.

The Southern Railway Company is a common carrier of freight and passengers in interstate and intrastate commerce. Its main line in Virginia extends from the District of Columbia via Charlottesville and Lynchburg to Danville, Virginia (a distance of approximately 233 miles). It operates over this line numerous freight and 16 passenger trains daily. It maintains a branch line from Richmond to Danville, Virginia (a distance of approximately 141...

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