Postal Tel. Cable Co. v. Norfolk & Western R. R.
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to judgment of circuit court of city of Petersburg, in a proceeding inaugurated by the Postal Telegraph Cable Company, plaintiff, against the Norfolk and Western Railroad Company, to condemn the land of the latter, proposed to be taken for the former’s purposes, and removed to that court from the circuit court of Prince George county.
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Error to judgment of circuit court of city of Petersburg, in a proceeding inaugurated by the Postal Telegraph Cable Company, plaintiff, against the Norfolk and Western Railroad Company, to condemn the land of the latter, proposed to be taken for the former’s purposes, and removed to that court from the circuit court of Prince George county. The decree reversed an order of the county court of said county appointing commissioners to fix a just compensation to the owner for the land proposed to be taken. The telegraph company brought the case here on error. Opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the Court
Lewis, P.,
delivered the opinion of the court.
This proceeding was commenced in the last mentioned court by the appellant here, the Postal Telegraph Cable Com*350pany, a corporation chartered under the laws of the State of New York, for the purpose of condemning a right of way for the erection of a telegraph line along and parallel to the northern side of the track of the Norfolk & Western railroad within the said county.
The railroad company appeared and opposed the proceeding on various grounds; but its objections were overruled, and an order was entered appointing five disinterested freeholders…
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