Postal Telegraph-Cable Co. v. Farmville & Powhatan Railroad
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to a judgment of the County Court of Chesterfield county rendered at the November term, 1898, on a motion wherein the plaintiff in error was the plaintiff, and the defendant in error was the defendant.
1Opinion of the Court
"Keith, P.,
delivered the opinion of the court.
The Postal Telegraph-Cable Company served notice upon the Farmville and Powhatan Railroad Company that it would *662apply to the County Court of Chesterfield, at its November term, 1898, for the appointment of commissioners to ascertain and report what would be a just compensation to the railroad company.for the right to construct, maintain, and operate a telegraph line of the Postal Telegraph-Cable Company along its right of way. The Pailroad Company appeared, and, upon its motion, the notice was quashed. Thereupon the Postal Telegraph-Cable Company…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Postal Telegraph Cable Co. v. N. & W. R. R.Supreme Court of Virginia · 1892
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