Legal Opinion

Purifoy v. . R. R.

Supreme Court of North Carolina

Decided February 5, 1891PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Acts Special Session 1868, ch. 8, incorporated the A.-L. Railroad of South Carolina, and authorized it "to construct, equip and operate its road within the limits of this State from any point on the South Carolina line to such point on the C. S.C. Railroad or the N.C. Railroad at Charlotte as shall be found most practicable," and gave the company "all the rights, powers and privileges conferred on the C. S.C. Railroad by chapter 84, Acts 1846-47." Sections 25 and 27 of this last act give the corporation a right of way of (102) 100 feet on each side of the center of the roadbed, reserving to…

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2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Spruill v. Northwestern Mutual Life InsuranceSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1897
  2. Carolina Central Railroad v. McCaskillSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1886
  3. Carolina Central Railroad v. McCaskillSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1887
  4. Woodbury v. . EvansSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1898
  5. Charles S. Riley & Co. v. CarterSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1914

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3Cited by7 opinions

  1. County of Los Angeles v. HannonCalifornia Supreme Court · 1910
  2. Collier v. Union Railway Co.Tennessee Supreme Court · 1904
  3. Seaboard Air Line Railway Co. v. Board of Bond Trustees of Special Road & Bridge District No. 1Supreme Court of Florida · 1926
  4. Town of Dunn v. TewSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1941
  5. State v. WallaceSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1959

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