Forest View Land Co. v. Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to a judgment of the Circuit Court of Chesterfield county in an action of trespass on the case. Judgment for defendant. Plaintiff assigns error.
1Opinion of the CourtKelly, J.
This action was brought by the Forest View Land Company against the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company to recover damages for an alleged taking of and damage to certain land belonging to the former company. There was a verdict for the defendant, and to a judgment by the trial court in accordance therewith the plaintiff obtained this writ of error.
*310The grievance complained of in the declaration was based upon certain changes in the grade of the defendant eompany’sroadbed adjacent to the land involved, and also upon certain changes in the location and grades of two county roads known,…
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- Lanford v. Virginia Air Line Railway Co.Supreme Court of Virginia · 1912
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