Virginian Railway Co. v. Hood

This is an action by motion to recover damages occasioned by the flooding of certain lands in Nottoway county. Designating the parties as they were designated in the trial court, the defendant, Virginian Railway Company, in 1922, undertook the construction of a dam in Nottoway river to impound water for its engines. Before undertaking this work, surveys indicated that a part of the lower portion of plaintiff’s land would probably be flooded, although the dam which it proposed to build was to be placed some distance below. Plaintiff’s holding consisted of one tract of about 502.5 acres lying…