Legal Opinion
Stewart v. Fugate
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided March 6, 1972No. Record 7657 and 7658PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtI' Anson, J.
In April 1969 the State Highway Commissioner instituted two condemnation proceedings in the court below to take 4.25 acres of the lands of Carlton D. Stewart and wife and 1.83 acres of the lands of Robert D. Stewart and wife, for construction of a limited access highway commonly known as the Culpeper by-pass, and a service road running along the highway.
Subsequently, the Stewarts filed separate bills of complaint against the Commissioner, alleging that the taking of a portion of their lands to construct the “service road” would not be “for a public necessity * # # or for public purposes” in…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Bragg v. WeaverSupreme Court of the United States · 1919
- Zircle v. Southern Railway Co.Supreme Court of Virginia · 1903
- Virginia Electric & Power Co. v. WebbSupreme Court of Virginia · 1954
- State Highway Commissioner v. KregerSupreme Court of Virginia · 1920
- Tiller v. Norfolk and Western Railway CompanySupreme Court of Virginia · 1959
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3Cited by12 opinions
- Hamer v. School Board of the City of ChesapeakeSupreme Court of Virginia · 1990
- Livingston v. Virginia Dept. of Transp.Supreme Court of Virginia · 2012
- State Highway & Transportation Commissioner v. HerndonSupreme Court of Virginia · 1983
- HOFFMAN FAMILY v. City of AlexandriaSupreme Court of Virginia · 2006
- Kricorian v. Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Co.Supreme Court of Virginia · 1976
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