SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY v. COMMONWEALTH


176 S.E.2d 578 (1970)

211 Va. 210

SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY et al. v. COMMONWEALTH of Virginia ex rel., etc., et al.

Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia.

September 4, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

H. Merrill Pasco, Gordon F. Rainey, Jr., Richmond (Hunton, Williams, Gay, Powell & Gibson, Richmond, on brief), for appellants.

Preston C. Shannon, Commerce Counsel, State Corp. Commission, Richmond, Va. (Andrew P. Miller, Atty. Gen., D. Gardiner Tyler, Asst. Atty. Gen., on brief), for appellees.

Before SNEAD, C. J., and I'ANSON, CARRICO, GORDON, HARRISON, COCHRAN, and HARMAN, JJ.


HARRISON, Justice.

Southern Railway Company (Southern) and Virginia and Southwestern Railway Company (V & SW) appeal from an order of the State Corporation Commission (Commission), denying correction of the assessment of their property for local taxation for the year 1968.

Appellants contend that the Commission erred in upholding its assessment of value based upon an equalization ratio of 40% because, when applied to the property of the V & SW, such...

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