Norfolk County Water Co. v. Etheridge
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to a judgment of the Circuit Court of Princess Anne county in an action of trespass on the case. Judgment for the plaintiff. Defendant assigns error.
1Opinion of the Court
Harrison, P.,
delivered the opinion of the court.
The plaintiff, W. T. Etheridge, brought this action to recover damages alleged to have been suffered in consequence of the defendant water company having built a dam which caused his lands to be permanently, injured, and for the destruction of crops on such lands for the years 1912, 1913' and 1915. The case was conducted by the plaintiff in the lower court upon the theory that the injury was intermittent and recurrent, and that only such damages were recoverable as had been suffered prior to the institution of the suit. The instructions given by…
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