Raleigh Court Corp. v. Faucett

This was a proceeding by motion for a judgment brought by Mrs. Faucett, hereinafter called the plaintiff, against the Raleigh Court Corporation, hereinafter called the defendant, to recover a judgment for damages to a lot owned by her in the city of Roanoke. The cause of action arose out of the opening and grading of a street on a lot owned by the defendant adjacent to the lot owned by the plaintiff. The plaintiff claimed damages both on account of surface water thrown back on her premises, and on account of the filling up of its lot by the defendant. The defendant filed a plea admitting…