Board of Supervisors v. Norfolk & Western Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Virginia
Appeal from a decree of the Circuit Court of Tazewell county. Decree for the defendant. Complainant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtSims, J.
This is a suit in equity, on appeal from the Circuit Court of Tazewell county, involving change by the defendant in the court below, appellee here, the Norfolk and 'Western Railway Company (the change in fact being made by the Norfolk and Western Railroad Company, a former corporation, to the rights and duties of which the railway company succeeded, and hence its liability is the same in this civil suit as if it had been the original actor in the case and it may be treated as if it were such original actor) of the location of a public road between Doran and Raven, or of portions of it, and a…
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