City of Petersburg v. Petersburg Aqueduct Co.
Supreme Court of Virginia
Appeal from a decree of the Circuit Court of the city of Petersburg in a suit in chancery, wherein the appellant was the complainant, and the appellee was the defendant.
1Opinion of the CourtWhittle, J.
The object of this suit is to enjoin appellees from digging up or otherwise obstructing the streets of the city of Petersburg, for the purpose of laying water mains therein, without the consent of the City Council. At the hearing, the trial court dismissed the bill on demurrer, and from that decree the city appeals.
The bill presents the following case: By an act of the General Assembly, passed February 22, 1822, the Aqueduct Company was chartered for the purpose of conducting a full and sufficient supply of water from springs within the corporate limits of the town of Petersburg, or within a…
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