Chesapeake & Western Railroad v. Washington, Cincinnati & St. Louis Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to a judgment of the Circuit Court of Rockingham county, rendered at its April term, 1901, in an aetion of ejectment wherein the defendant in error was the plaintiff and the plaintiff in error was the defendant.
1Opinion of the CourtBuchanan, J.
This is a writ of error to a judgment of the Circuit Court of Rockingham county in an action of ejectment brought by the Washington, Cincinnati and St. Louis Railroad Company against the Chesapeake and Western Railroad Company.
During the progress of the trial, which resulted in a verdict and judgment in favor of the plaintiff, numerous exceptions to the rulings of the court were taken by the defendant, which are the basis of the errors assigned here.
Among these was the refusal of the court to permit the defendant to introduce in evidence certain condemnation proceedings had in the County…
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