Legal Opinion
Powell v. Town of Wytheville
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided July 22, 1897PublishedCited by 12 opinions
Error to a judgment of the Circuit Court of Wythe county, rendered Eebruary 20, 1896, in an action of trespass on the case, wherein the plaintiff in error was the plaintiff, and the defendant in error was the defendant.
1Opinion of the CourtBuchanan, J.
This is a writ of error to a judgment of the Circuit Court for Wythe county sustaining a demurrer to the plaintiff’s declaration, which, omitting the formal parts, is as follows:
*74“Por whereas the plaintiff on the 1st day of December, 1892, was and is now the owner in fee, possessed of a certain house and lot of ground on the southwest intersection of Church and Union streets, and running back between parallel lines on Union street about 190 feet, in the town of Wytheville, in Wythe county aforesaid; the said lot of ground being then and now enclosed by plank fences and palings, and used by the…
2Cases cited4 opinions
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- Home Building & Conveyance Co. v. City of RoanokeSupreme Court of Virginia · 1895
- Terry v. City of RichmondSupreme Court of Virginia · 1897
- Kehrer v. Richmond CitySupreme Court of Virginia · 1886
3Cited by12 opinions
- City of Lynchburg v. PetersSupreme Court of Virginia · 1926
- Town of Harrisonburg v. RollerSupreme Court of Virginia · 1899
- Duncan v. City of LynchburgSupreme Court of Virginia · 1900
- Miller & Meyers v. City of Newport NewsSupreme Court of Virginia · 1903
- Raleigh Court Corp. v. FaucettSupreme Court of Virginia · 1924
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