White v. Northwestern North Carolina Railroad
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Civil actiok for damages to plaintiff’s property resulting from the construction of a railroad on a street in front thereof, tried before Boykin, J., and a jury, at August Term of Forsyth Superior Court. There was judgment for defendant, and plaintiff appealed.
1Opinion of the Court
Shepherd, C. J.:
The plaintiff is the owner of a lot abutting upon one of the streets of the city of Winston, and brings this action to recover damages for various injuries to her said property, inflicted by the defendant by reason of its having entered upon and constructed its railroad through the said street.
*612It appears from the complaint that, prior to the plaintiff's purchase of the property in 1879, the street had been “located and opened for the use and benefit of plaintiff and others, and the public generally, who owned property north of Liberty street, which was almost inaccessible by…
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- Adams v. Chicago, Burlington & Northern RailroadSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1888
- Haynes v. ThomasIndiana Supreme Court · 1855
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