The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-06-18
TEN CASES FROM
RICHMOND | ! ] D. ! | |
Opinions Handed Down BY the
Supreme Court Of Appeals
ofVirgiiiia. .l5s
HALF TICKETS FOR COLLEGES
Ghancery Court Of Richmond Re
verscd 1.-THE Case ofiWatkills
Against Robertson.

versed in the case OF Watkins
Against Robertson.
Especial to The Times Dispntch.)
5twYTHEv1LL15, VA, June i7.--Among
tlie opinlons handed down by the SUI
preme Court OF Appeals at Wy theville,
on Thursday were ten III cases from
u rico. county.
The two appeals OF the receivers of the.
passenger and Power Company from the
Judgment OF the Hastings Court imposing
I OF the ordinance requiring the company
TO sell street-cnr tickets to pupils OF
schools ct the rate OF two for = cents.
sale of half-rate tickets to the students
OF Smithdeal Business College and Rich
mond College. The Passenger and Power
pupils ii soma school used n
the ordinance. does not embrace the class
= Of persons who attend these two irsti-;
tutons but refer to pupils In elementary
Judge Keith, Who handed down the
4 opinion OF tho court, says that tho Ian
guage used in the ordinance IN au a 4
Council OF the city OF Richmond in pref
ercnce to that submitted TO 1T by the
Passenger and Power Company taken;
VI from atHe irancnlse OF tHe = nicHitoau
guage "chiIdrcn going 10 and from:
p sclool" was used. the present ordinance
X being much broader in It's terms. It is
deaf College were granted the privilege,
" OF using half-rate tickets until the fall
Z OF 1903, indicating that the company up.
4 to that time construed the language to
include students OF that college. ~.
said that taken In connection with tho
FL ordinance proposed by the company and
rejected by the city. the ordinance adopt,
lassi N g is aa
tion insisted upon ny the city. or the
\ guage by tho company should be adopt..{
3@ed and that nothing is more natural =. l.ll.a
4 tain the intention Of the parties 1.-THE
contract. should seek for light: in the
construction which the parties them
they have employed. These considorn.;l
Il tons. isit is Haid. overcome the weight
which. in their absence. might be AZ
limiting the sale OF the reduced rate
4 tickets to between the hours OF 8 "A. n. .
4 and 4 p. NJ. from Monday to Friday, in
& elusive. j "a.
3 lege OF using these halfsrate tickets had
fxsf ess toese but IT IS sad mat
there seems t9 beno mater'a'
4 rounding the parties In the two cases.
4 and IL students OF smithdeal College arc
entitled Ito tho privilege OF pure hasing
o en &C Of tine the city. t Is not easy to
see Why the students OF Richmond COL
lege should not enjoy the sap,e privilege.
The Bridge at Maidcns.
In the case OF G hesa pcake and Ohio
\ Railway Company VS.. Commonwealth OF
s Virginia the Judgment OF the State Corr
poratfon Commission was reversed.
\. 1 In this proceeding. upon tho petition
Il OF certain. c items OF Powhatan county.
!. order order requiring the chesapeake and Ohio,
= Railway Company to erect at its own
expense bridge for passengers and
vehicles across the James river near e.,
tiles Ia the people residing on the south
side OF James river In that neiB hhor-E
II hood for the trnnsporta alton OF persons
and produce e. thai station ~ Tns
as issue 10 the Richmond and Alle-5
ghany Railrond Corn pany and the amesE
River and Kanawha Company, should be
cause the abandonment OF the canal Of
the latter company had deprived the
people on the south side OF the river OF
the means OF transpo ration TO the rail-
The Supreme Court. through Judge
Keith. declares that the obligation upon
the Chesapeake and Ohio as successor
road Company was to continue 10 pro-
vide for persons residing on the south
! side OF James river facilities the same.
or at least equal to. those afforded by
for the Transportation OF persons q md 4
produce to the line of5the railroad = and
that the extent OF Its obligation was to /
6 do no more and no less than the lanes
River and EKanawha Company was doing
at that time and place. The sole facility
which the James River and Kanawha5
waterway along which boats owned by
Others passed in TRANSPORTING passen gers
and freight, and It would be imposing
upon tho Chesapeake and Ohio IA service
Kanawha Company, to require II to pro
4 vide facili ties for such transportation
Under an net of the Legislature pro-
yang q certain dams
Maidens was destroyed. and thereu pom
it's said, the only facility ever. furnish
ed by the James River and q Kama wha
This act is declared to have been d
valid exercise OF Legislative power. and
the railway company WAS by u relieved
was done in strict pursuance OF its
sssit is held that the Language Of the
Constitution is broad enough to confer
mission OF this matter. but that the com
mission erred in recurring the bridge to-
be built. -
Chancery Court Reversed.
The opinion In Watkins vs. Robertson
was handed down by Judge Cardwell,
and by It the decree Of tho Chancery
X Court of tho city of Richmond Is re-
The controversy here was over the sale
OF 400 shares OF the capital stock OF tho
"A TVatkins-C ottrell Company q corpora ton
doing n hardware business In the city
Of Richmond. ", 8. Robertson gave
4 10 S. S. Elan an option upon this stock
at $137.50 per share, the agreement being
dated October 20, 1904. and executed by