Crawford v. Valley R. R.
Supreme Court of Virginia
In May 1872 the Valley Railroad Company moved the County court of Augusta to appoint commissioners to ascertain a just compensation for the lands of William Crawford, wanted by said company for its purposes, in the county of Augusta; and thereupon commissioners were appointed for the purpose.
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In May 1872 the Valley Railroad Company moved the County court of Augusta to appoint commissioners to ascertain a just compensation for the lands of William Crawford, wanted by said company for its purposes, in the county of Augusta; and thereupon commissioners were appointed for the purpose. These commissioners proceeded to act, and on the 28th of May they made their return to the court, allowing to said Crawford for the land taken and the damages done to his farm the sum of $5,046. When the report was returned to the court, the Valley Railroad Company filed exceptions to it, on the grounds…
1Opinion of the CourtBouldin, J.
This is a writ of error to a judgment of the Cii’cuit coui't of Augusta county, reversing and annulling a judgment of the County court of said county, by which the sum of $5,046 was awarded the appellant against the appellee, as compensation for land of the *469appellant taken by tbe appellee in the construction of its road, and for damages to the residue of his tract, and the costs of the proceeding.
A preliminary question has been raised by the appellee’s counsel in this court. It is insisted that the writ of error should be dismissed as improvidently awarded, because the case on reversal by the…
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