Wallace v. Columbia
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before Norton, J., Fairfield, This was an action by John Wallace against The Columbia & Greenville Railroad Company, commenced January 17, 1889. The complaint was as follows: The plaintiff above named, complaining of the above named defendant, alleges: 1st. That the defendant is and was at the times hereinafter mentioned a corporation duly organized under and by virtue of the laws of the State of South Carolina, and was the owner of a track or roadbed which passed through…
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Before Norton, J., Fairfield, This was an action by John Wallace against The Columbia & Greenville Railroad Company, commenced January 17, 1889. The complaint was as follows: The plaintiff above named, complaining of the above named defendant, alleges: 1st. That the defendant is and was at the times hereinafter mentioned a corporation duly organized under and by virtue of the laws of the State of South Carolina, and was the owner of a track or roadbed which passed through the premises hereinafter described. 2nd. That at the time of the organization of said corporation and the building of the…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Mr. Jpstice McIver.
This was an action to recover damages alleged to have been caused by certain obstructions to the natural flow of certain streams of water running through plaintiff’s land, by the erection of a dam over and across the same by *65the defendant, and also that defendant be required forthwith to remove said obstructions. An oral demurrer was interposed upon the ground that the complaint did not state facts sufficient to constitute a cause of action, which being overruled, the case proceeded to trial, which resulted in a verdict in favor of…
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