Terry v. City of Richmond
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to a judgment of the Law and Equity Court of the city of Richmond, rendered June 21, 1895, in an action of trespass wherein the plaintiff in error was the plaintiff, and the defendant in error was the defendant.
1Opinion of the CourtBiely, J.
The Bichmond & Chesapeake Bailroad Company, a corporation created by the General Assembly of Virginia, was authorized by its charter to construct and operate a railroad from the city of Bichmond to a point on the Chesapeake bay, near the mouth of the Potomac river.
The council of the city, under the authority vested in it by the charter of the city, adopted an ordinance authorizing the railroad company to enter the city and use its streets for its roadway, and to build and construct a tunnel for a double railway track under Eighth street.
The company began the construction of the tunnel, and,…
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