SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY v. CITY OF RICHMOND


139 S.E.2d 82 (1964)

205 Va. 699

SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY v. CITY OF RICHMOND et al.

Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia.

November 30, 1964.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas B. Gay, H. Merrill Pasco, Richmond (Roderick D. Sinclair, Richmond, on the brief), for appellant.

James A. Eichner, Asst. City Atty. (J. E. Drinard, City Atty., on the brief), for appellee, City of Richmond.

William Eldridge Spain, Richmond, for appellees, Henry A. Maurice, Jr., John Prussing, and others, individually, and as Members of The Forest Hill-Woodland Heights Citizens Association.

Before EGGLESTON, C. J., and SPRATLEY, BUCHANAN, SNEAD, I'ANSON and CARRICO, JJ.


CARRICO, Justice.

This appeal is a sequel to the case of City of Richmond v. Southern Railway Company, 203 Va. 220, 123 S.E.2d 641, where we decided, inter alia, that the State Corporation Commission was without jurisdiction to pass upon the validity of the zoning ordinance of the city, as applied to the railway. Following our decision, the railway filed against the city, in the Law and Equity...

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