New Market & Sperryville Turnpike Co. v. Keyser
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to a judgment of the «Circuit Court of Page county on a petition filed in said court. Judgment for the petitioners. Defendants assign error.
1Opinion of the CourtCardwell, J.
The New Market and Sperryville Turnpike Company, pursuant to a charter granted it in the year 1843, constructed a turnpike from the town of New Market, in Shenandoah county, across the Massanutten mountain, through Page county, to the top of Blue Ridge, and thence to the town of Sperryville, in Rappahannock county, a distance of about 30 miles. Of this turnpike about five miles—from New Market to the top of the Massanutten mountain—lies in the county of' Shenandoah; about twenty miles—from the top of the Massanutten mountain to the top of the Blue Ridge—lies in the county of Page; and about…
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