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NEW YORK, PHILADELPHIA & N.R.F. CO. v. COMMONWEALTH

83 S.E.2d 782 (1954)

196 Va. 428

NEW YORK, PHILADELPHIA AND NORFOLK RAILROAD FERRY COMPANY and the Pennsylvania Railroad Company v. COMMONWEALTH of Virginia, ex rel. COUNTIES OF NORTHAMPTON AND ACCOMACK, Virginia, et al.

Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia.

October 11, 1954.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Benjamin W. Mears, Benjamin W. Mears, Jr., Eastville, Windsor F. Cousins, Philadelphia, Pa., C. A. Turner, Jr., Eastville, Thomas H. Willcox, Norfolk, for plaintiffs in error.

J. Lindsay Almond, Jr., Atty. Gen., C. Champion Bowles, Asst. Atty. Gen., B. Drummond Ayres, Sp. Asst. to Atty. Gen., E. Sclater Montague, Hampton, Baxley T. Tankard, Eastville, for defendants in error.

Before HUDGINS, C. J., and SPRATLEY, BUCHANAN, MILLER, SMITH and WHITTLE, JJ.

HUDGINS, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal from a judgment imposing a fine of $2,500 upon the New York, Philadelphia and Norfolk Railroad Ferry Company and a fine of $250,000 upon the Pennsylvania Railroad Company for contempt for failure to obey a previous order of the court. This case is a sequel to the case of New York, Philadelphia & Norfolk Railroad Ferry Co. v. County of Northampton, Va., 83 S.E.2d 773, hence, the facts...

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