Virginia-Carolina Railway Co. v. Booker
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to a judgment of the Circuit Court of Washington county, rendered October 9, 1900, in a condemnation proceeding, wherein plaintiff in error was the plaintiff, and the defendants in error were the defendants.
1Opinion of the CourtCardwell, J.
In the year 1888, the Abingdon Coal and Iron Railroad Company commenced proceedings in the County Court of Washington county to condemn a right of way through certain lands of W. O. Booker. July 20, 1888, the commissioners appointed to ascertain what would be a just compensation for the land proposed to be taken and the damages to the residue of the tract, reported that 5 99-100 acres of “cleared land ” would be taken for the road 'bed and right of way, which they valued at $50 per acre, aggregating $299.50, and that the damages to the residue of the “cleared land” Would be $150; that 13…
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