Purifoy v. Richmond & Danville Railroad
Supreme Court of North Carolina
This was a civil action, tried before Philips, J., and a jury, at Spring Term, 1890, of Mecklenburg Superior Court. Appeal by the plaintiff. The facts sufficiently appear in the' opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
Clark, J.:
Acts Special Session 1868, ch. 8, incorporated the A.-L. Railroad of South Carolina, and authorized it “to construct, equip and operate its road within the limits of this State from any point on the South Carolina line to such point on the C. & S.. C. Railroad or the N. O. Railroad at Charlotte as shall be found most practicable” and gave the company “ all the rights, powers and privileges conferred on the C. & S. C. Railroad by ch. 84, Acts 1846-7.” Sections *10225 and 27 of this last act give the corporation a right-of-way of 100 feet on each side of the center of the road-bed,…
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