Adams v. Tidewater Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to a judgment of the Circuit Court of Campbell county in a proceeding by motion to appoint commissioners to establish private crossings of a railroad. Judgment for the defendant. Plaintiffs assign error.
1Opinion of the CourtWhittle, J.
The defendant in error, by condemnation proceedings, acquired title to a strip of land for a right of way for its railroad, extending a considerable distance through a boundary of land belonging to the plaintiffs in error, which was devoted to agricultural purposes. Whereupon, the land-owners served a written request upon the company, soliciting the construction ■of certain wagon-ways across the right of way, for the convenient use of the property. The company ignored the request, and, after the lapse of ten days, the plaintiffs in error gave formal notice of their purpose to apply to the…
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