Hot Springs Lumber & Manufacturing Co. v. Revercomb
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to a judgment of the Circuit Court of Bath county in an action of trespass on the case. Judgment for the plaintiff. Defendant assigns error.
1Opinion of the Court
Keith, P.,
delivered the opinion of the court.
This case was before us upon a former occasion, and is reported in 106 Va. 1J6, 55 S. E. 580, 9 L. R. A. (U. S.) 894. The question there discussed was as to what constitutes a float-able stream, and after a careful examination of the authorities it was held that “While a stream may not be floatable in its usual and continuous condition, it is a floatable stream, and as such, subject to public use, if by increased precipitation at seasons, recurring periodically with reasonable certainty, the flow of water is sufficient to be substantially useful to…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Commonwealth v. SturtivantMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1875
- Graham v. Pennsylvania Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1891
- Porter v. Pequonnoc Manufacturing Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1845
- Southern Railway Co. v. MauzySupreme Court of Virginia · 1900
- Clifford v. RichardsonSupreme Court of Vermont · 1846
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- Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co. v. ArringtonSupreme Court of Virginia · 1919
- Loving v. AlexanderCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1984
- Thornton v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1912
- Shenandoah Valley Loan & Trust Co. v. MurraySupreme Court of Virginia · 1917
- Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co. v. MathewsSupreme Court of Virginia · 1912
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