Southern Railway Co. v. Fitzpatrick
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to a judgment of the Circuit Court of Nelson county in an action of trespass on the case. Judgment for plaintiff. Defendant assigns error.
1Opinion of the CourtBurks, J.
In the year 1860 the predecessor in title of the Southern Railway Company acquired title by condemnation to a strip of land through the lands of James M. Dillard for the purpose of constructing a steam railroad, and subsequently constructed said railroad thereon. Afterwards Dillard sold to the predecessor in title of the defendant in error a lot *249on the east side of, and adjacent to, said right of way. The company established a depot on its right of way on the same side thereof as the lot aforesaid, put in the usual sidings on its right of way, and operated its road as a single track railroad…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Pamplin v. Norfolk & Western Railway Co.Supreme Court of Virginia · 1919
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