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Chesapeake and Ohio Ry. Co. Vs. Public Service Comm'n
Court: US Supreme Court
Decided on: Feb-05-1917
Chesapeake & Ohio Ry. Co. v. Public Service Comm'n - 242 U.S. 603 (1917) U.S. Supreme Court Chesapeake & Ohio Ry. Co. v. Public Service Comm'n, 242 U.S. 603 (1917) Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Company v. Public Service Commission No. 64. Argued November 3, 1916 Decided February 5, 1917 242 U.S. 603 ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF APPEALS OF THE STATE OF WEST VIRGINIA Syllabus Following the court below, it is held that a law of West Virginia, viz., Acts 1881, c. 17, 69, 71; Code 1913, c. 54, 2983, 2995, in declaring that "railroads" shall be public highways "free to all persons for the transportation of their persons and property," embraces a branch line constructed and operated under it, and imposes on the carrier with respect to such line a continuing franchise obligation to Page 242 U. S. 604 transport passenger as well as freight, and that such obligation may be enforced by state action although the carrier has long operated the branch in freight traffic only, and nev...
Second National Bank Vs. First National Bank
Court: US Supreme Court
Decided on: Feb-05-1917
Second National Bank v. First National Bank - 242 U.S. 600 (1917) U.S. Supreme Court Second National Bank v. First National Bank, 242 U.S. 600 (1917) Second National Bank of Cincinnati, Ohio v. First National Bank of Okeana, Ohio No. 491 Argued January 25, 1917 Decided February 5, 1917 242 U.S. 600 ERROR TO TEE SUPERIOR COURT OF CINCINNATI, STATE OF OHIO Syllabus When the highest state court has refused to exercise its discretion to review a judgment of an intermediate appellate tribunal, it is to the latter that the writ of error under Judicial Code, 237, should be directed. Stratton v. Stratton, 239 U. S. 55 ; Valley Steamship Co. v. Wattawa, 241 U.S. 642. The Ohio court of appeals affirmed a judgment of the Superior Court of Cincinnati, upon the record coming from the latter, and ordered that a special mandate be sent to that court "to carry this judgment into effect," without directing it to enter any judgment of its own. Held that the writ of error under 237...
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