City of Charlottesville v. Maury
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to a judgment of the Circuit Court of Albemarle county rendered July 21, 1898, in a condemnation proceeding wherein the plaintiff in error was the plaintiff, and the defendants in error and others were the defendants.
1Opinion of the CourtBuchanan, J.
*384The defendants are the owners of a small parcel of land lying on both sides of Reservoir creek, in the county of Albemarle, below the point where the city of Charlottesville proposes to divert that stream for the purpose of increasing its water supply. That creek and two others which flow into the mill-pond of the defendants supply the power with which they operate their grist mill, located on the land.
These proceedings were instituted by the city council in the County Court of Albemarle county for the purpose, among others, of condemning for its purposes the rights of the defendants in…
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