Cornett v. Rhudy
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to judgment of circuit court of Grayson county, rendered on tbe-day of September, 1883, in an action of trespass on tbe case, wherein tbe appellant Cornett was plaintiff, and tbe appellee Rbudy and als. were defendants. Tbis case was argued at Wytbeville, but decided at Staunton, Tbe case is fully stated in tbe opinion of Judge Lacy.
1Opinion of the CourtLacy, J.
The plaintiff in error instituted his action of trespass on the case for damages to his lands, caused by the mill-dam of the defendants in error baching the water, and flooding the lands of the plaintiff in error. The declaration sets forth that the defendants in error, on the first day of January, 1879, raised their dam, and flooded the lands of the said plaintiff in error, and on other days, from that time to the institution of the suit, on the 25th day of February, 1879, had caused damage to the plaintiff, &c.
The defendants filed three pleas, not guilty. Not guilty in five years, and that…
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