Legal Opinion

Ludlow v. City of Norfolk

Supreme Court of Virginia

Decided January 16, 1891PublishedCited by 12 opinions

Error to judgment of corporation court of city of Norfolk, rendered July 22d, 1890, in condemnation proceedings, wherein the said city was plaintiff, and John R. Ludlow and others, the plaintiffs in error, were defendants. Opinion states the case.

1Opinion of the CourtLacy, J.

On the 10th day of June, 1890, the defendant in error filed its petition in the corporation court of said city, before the Hon. D. Tucker Brooke, judge of the said court, praying that» in accordance with the resolutions of the Common and Select *320Councils in the said city, certain real estate, situated in the said city, set forth in the said petition, should be acquired by the said city By condemnation for public grounds, to be laid out and established thereon; that it was impossible to acquire the said lands by purchase or agreement, and that five disinterested freeholders be appointed by the…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Aetna Insurance v. SwiftSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1867

3Cited by12 opinions

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  2. Burlington & Colorado Railroad v. Colorado Eastern RailroadSupreme Court of Colorado · 1909
  3. Arp v. State Highway CommissionWyoming Supreme Court · 1977
  4. Wheeling Bridge & Terminal R'y Co. v. Wheeling Steel & Iron Co.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1896
  5. Dove v. MaySupreme Court of Virginia · 1960

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