Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co. v. Rison
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to a judgment of the Circuit Court of Eluvanna county, rendered September 23, 1899, in an action of trespass on the case, wherein the defendant in error was the plaintiff, and the plaintiff in error was the defendant. The facts of the case are sufficiently stated in the opinion. The case turned largely on the pleadings.
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Error to a judgment of the Circuit Court of Eluvanna county, rendered September 23, 1899, in an action of trespass on the case, wherein the defendant in error was the plaintiff, and the plaintiff in error was the defendant. The facts of the case are sufficiently stated in the opinion. The case turned largely on the pleadings. The action was trespass on the case to recover damages for the diversion of water from the plaintiff’s mill, and for the failure of defendant company to keep a dam in repair and supply water to the mill. Pleas 2 and 3 referred to in the opinion, and the special…
1Opinion of the CourtPilegar, J.
John W. Eison, trustee, holding the legal title to certain mill property on the Eivanna river, in Pluvanna county, brought an action of trespass on the case, in the Circuit Court for said county, against the Chesapeake and Ohio Eailway Company, claiming damages for the diversion of the water from the mill, and for the failure of the company to supply water to the mill. He recovered a verdict and judgment for $575, and the case is here on a writ of error to that judgment.
Only an amended declaration appears in the record here. It contains four counts. The first and second, with unimportant…
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