Railway Co. v. Davis
West Virginia Supreme Court
Error to Circuit Court, Mingo County. Action by the Norfolk & Western Railway Company against T. J. Davis and others. Judgment for defendants, and plaintiff brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
McWhorter, Judge:
This is a proceeding by the Norfolk and Western Railway Company for the condemnation of a strip of land 2,567 feet in length, along the bank of the Tug Eork of Sandy river, in Mingo county, being the front of a trace of some'five hundred and fifty or six hundred acres, the strip to be taken containing five and two one hundredth acres, the property of T.- J. Davis, et al., for its use in the construction of a branch of its railroad. The applicant offered the owners $500.00, which they refused to accept. It then applied to the circuit court of Mingo county for the appointment…
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