City of Danville v. Danville Railway & Electric Co.
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to a judgment of the Corporation Court of the ■city of Danville in an action of assumpsit. Judgment for the defendant. The plaintiff assigns error.
1Opinion of the CourtBuchanan, J.
This action of assumpsit was brought by the city of Dan-ville to recover from the Danville Railway and Electric Company the cost of a bitulithic pavement laid on a portion of Main street in said city, between the defendant company’s street railway tracks and for two feet outside of the said rails, at the same time that that portion of Main street was being paved by the city with like material, the defendant company having failed to pave between its tracks and for two feet on either side thereof, in accordance with the demand made upon it by the city.
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2Cases cited5 opinions
- Mayor of New York v. Harlem Bridge, Morrisania & Fordham Railway Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1906
- Philadelphia v. Ridge Ave. Pass. Ry. Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1891
- Washington, Alexandria & Mt. Vernon Railway Co. v. City Council of AlexandriaSupreme Court of Virginia · 1900
- Columbus Street Railway & Light Co. v. City of ColumbusIndiana Court of Appeals · 1908
- State ex rel. City of New Orleans v. New Orleans & Carrollton RailroadSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1900
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- Mozingo v. Wellsburg Electric Light, Heat & Power Co.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1926
- State ex rel. City of Vincennes v. Vincennes Traction Co.Indiana Supreme Court · 1917
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