Railroad v. Olive
Supreme Court of North Carolina
ActioN by Seaboard Air Line Railway against Percy J. Olive and others, pending in the Superior Court of Wake and beard by Judge J ames L. W ebb at Lillington 3 September, 1906, upon plaintiff’s motion for an injunction. From an order denying the injunction, the plaintiff appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtOonnoe, J.
This 'case comes up on an appeal by plaintiff from an order of Webb, Judge, declining a motion for an injunction, heard upon notice. Plaintiff, in the affidavit of its superintendent, sets up a claim to an easement over the lands of defendants, measuring from the center of its track, one hundred feet on each side. For the purpose of showing title the following statutes were introduced:
“An Act to Incorporate the Chatham Railroad Company,” Private Laws 1854-’55, ch. 230. This act confers upon the company, when formed in accordance with its provisions, power to condemn a right-of-way over lands…
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