Lake Drummond Canal & Water Co. v. Commonwealth
Supreme Court of Virginia
Appeal from State Corporation Commission.
1Opinion of the Court
Keith, P.,
delivered the opinion of the court..
On December 1, 1787, the General Assembly of Virginia granted a charter to the Dismal Swamp Canal Company, which among other things recites, “that for and in consideration of the expenses the said proprietors will be at, not only in cutting the said canal, erecting locks, making causeways and performing other works necessary for this navigation, but in maintaining and keeping the same in repair, the said canal, locks, causeways, and other works, with all their profits, shall be and the same are hereby vested in the said proprietors, their heirs…
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