Legal Opinion

Stephen Putney Shoe Co. v. Richmond, Fredericksburg & Potomac Railroad

Supreme Court of Virginia

Decided March 12, 1914PublishedCited by 22 opinions

Appeal from a decree of the Circuit Court of Henrico county. Decree for the defendant. Complainant appeals.

1Opinion of the CourtBuchanan, J.

Two questions are involved in this appeal—one as to the rights of the parties, the Stephen Putney Shoe Company (hereinafter in this opinion designated as the shoe company) and the Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad Company (hereinafter called the railroad company), in a twenty-seven foot strip of land lying east of the shoe company’s land, and the other as to the rights and obligations of the parties as to the location of a right of way for a railway leading to the shoe company’s property over the railroad company’s land and the tracks laid thereon.

On the 8th day of December, 1903,…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. Herman v. . RobertsNew York Court of Appeals · 1890
  2. United States v. MescallSupreme Court of the United States · 1909
  3. People v. . RichardsNew York Court of Appeals · 1888
  4. National Bank of Commerce v. RipleySupreme Court of Missouri · 1901
  5. Schwoerer v. Boylston Market Ass'nMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1868

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3Cited by22 opinions

  1. Amos v. CoffeySupreme Court of Virginia · 1984
  2. Cushman Virginia Corporation v. BarnesSupreme Court of Virginia · 1963
  3. Norment v. TurleyNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1918
  4. Woodson v. SmithSupreme Court of Virginia · 1920
  5. Hamlin v. PandapasSupreme Court of Virginia · 1956

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