Legal Opinion
Southern Railway Co. v. Leake
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided November 13, 1924PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtPrentis, J.
This case is so much like Southern Railway Company v. Watts, 134 Va. 503, 114 S. E. 736, that we might be justified in contenting ourselves with saying that it is thereby controlled. Inasmuch, however, as the attorney for the company vigorously and insistently urges us to reconsider and overrule that case, it may be proper for us to say more. Upon such reconsideration of that case, we are fully confirmed in the views there so well expressed and supported by reason and the authorities therein cited.
The pertinent facts are, that the railway company, in the construction of its double tracks,…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Houston Water Works v. KennedyTexas Supreme Court · 1888
- Bank of Hartford County v. WatermanSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1857
- Savannah, Americus & Montgomery Railway v. BufordSupreme Court of Alabama · 1894
- Standard Paint Co. v. E. K. Vietor & Co.Supreme Court of Virginia · 1917
- Mast v. Sapp.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1906
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3Cited by11 opinions
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- Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. SaltzerSupreme Court of Virginia · 1928
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