Humphreys v. R. & M. R. R.
Supreme Court of Virginia
Appeal from decree of circuit court of Mecklenburg county, rendered April 15th, 1889, in the suit in chancery wherein T. F. Humphreys was complainant, and the appellant, the Richmond and Mecklenburg Railroad Company, was defendant.
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Appeal from decree of circuit court of Mecklenburg county, rendered April 15th, 1889, in the suit in chancery wherein T. F. Humphreys was complainant, and the appellant, the Richmond and Mecklenburg Railroad Company, was defendant. The object of the suit was to enjoin the prosecution of an action at law by said company against said Humphreys to recover the amount of his subscription to its capital stock, and to annul a certain agreement to give a right of way through his land, and to set off the damages done thereto against the amount- due on said subscription. The decree appealed from…
1Opinion of the CourtRichardson, J.
The case, briefly outlined is as follows : In the year 1863, T. If. Humphrey purchased a tract of land in the county of Mecklenburg, on Roanoke river, near the town of Clarksville, 'of one Joseph Gr. Snead. Subsequent to this purchase, in a suit brought to enforce a prior lien, the same land was sold on the 5th of July, 1870, under a decree of court, and was bought in by said Humphrey’s, and he thereby became the owner in fee of said land.
Prior to the purchase by Humphreys, to-wit, in the year 1860, the Roanoke Valley Railroad Company had entered upon said land without taking the stops…
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