Town of Basic City v. Bell
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to a judgment of the Circuit Court of Augusta county in an action of trespass on the case. Judgment for the plaintiff. Defendant assigns error.
1Opinion of the CourtBuchanan, J.
Winston Bell brought his action .of trespass on the case to recover damages from the town of Basic City for *159injuries alleged to have been done to his property situated on Riverside Drive in the said town, and known and designated on the official map of the town as lot No. 13, and the southern half of lot No. 12 in block No. 223, and upon which had been, erected a dwelling house.
The declaration, which contains two counts, charges in the first count, that in the year 1910 the defendant town, for the purpose of securing water power for the operation of its municipal street lighting plant,…
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