Water Co. v. Browning
West Virginia Supreme Court
Appeal from Circuit Court, Mercer County. Bill by the Pocahontas Light & Water Company against J. L. Browning. Decree for defendant, and plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
Beannon, Judge:
W. H. H. Witten conveyed to the Southwest Virginia Improvement Company a right of way for a pipe line for the conveyance of water, and the company laid, the pipe line, and later sold the water plant and right of way to the Pocahontas Light and Water Company. The right of way as conveyed by Wit-ten passed for some 874 feet through land not owned by him, but owned by A. St. Clair. St. Clair conveyed his tract of land to J. L. Browning. After the water pipe line had been down and operating some seven years, Browning began to remove that part of it upon his land, and then the water…
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