Legal Opinion

Manchester Cotton Mills v. Town of Manchester

Supreme Court of Virginia

Decided February 18, 1875PublishedCited by 13 opinions

The case is sufficiently stated in the opinion of •Judge Staples.

1Opinion of the Court

Staples J.

This is an appeal from a decree of the *826Circuit court of Chesterfield, dissolving an injunction in a case wherein the “ Manchester Cotton Mills” are plaintiffs, and the “ Trustees of the Town of Manchester” are defendants. The object of the bill is to restrain the defendants from removing or otherwise interfering with certain buildings belonging to the plaintiffs situate in said town. The defendants claim that these buildings encroach upon what is known in the plan of said town as “Summers street;” that the ground upon which they stand was long since dedicated to the public as a…

2Cited by13 opinions

  1. City of Wheeling v. CampbellWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1877
  2. Pierpoint v. Town of HarrisvilleWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1876
  3. Callaway v. WebsterSupreme Court of Virginia · 1900
  4. Hodges v. S. & R. R. R.Supreme Court of Virginia · 1892
  5. Woods v. EarlySupreme Court of Virginia · 1897

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