Norfolk & Western Railway Co. v. Allen
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to a judgment of the Circuit Court of Prince .Edward county in an action of trespass on the case. Judgment for the plaintiff. Defendant assigns error.
1Opinion of the Court
Harrison, J.,
delivered the opinion of'the court..It.appears that in 1903 the defendant railway company installed upon Lockett’s creek, in the county of Prince Edward,. *430a steam pumping station for the purpose of supplying a tank on its right of way with water for locomotive purposes. It further appears that the plaintiff owned a corn and flour mill on Falling creek, into which Lockett’s creek empties, about one-half mile below the defendant’s pump. On July 2, 1912, the plaintiff instituted this action, alleging that from July, 1907, to the bringing of this suit, the defendant had been pumping…
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