Legal Opinion
Duke Power Co. v. Rutland
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided January 12, 1932No. 3179PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SOPER, Circuit Judge.
This action, originally instituted on February 12, 1930, in the court of common pleas for Spartanburg county, S. C., and subsequently removed to the United States District Court for the Western District of South Carolina, was brought by L. H. Rutland against the Duke Power Company to recover damages for the invasion of his property rights in a. tract of land near the city limits of the town of Spartanburg, S. C., by the appropriation and use of the land for the erection and maintenance of a pole line for the transmission of electric current. Both parties claimed title…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Charleston & Western Car. Ry. Co. v. ReynoldsSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1904
- Cureton v. South Bound R. R.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1901
- Union Nat. Bk. of Columbia v. CookSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1918
- Cayce Land Co. v. Southern Railway Co.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1918
- Halpin v. Savannah River Electric Co.Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1930
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3Cited by6 opinions
- Mesich v. Board of County Com'rs of McKinley Co.New Mexico Supreme Court · 1942
- Brooks Investment Co. v. City of BloomingtonSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1975
- Hemphill v. Mississippi State Highway CommissionMississippi Supreme Court · 1962
- Duke Power Co. v. TomsCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1941
- State Highway Commission v. Ruidoso Telephone Co.New Mexico Supreme Court · 1963
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