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Terrell v. Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co.

Supreme Court of Virginia

Decided November 18, 1909PublishedCited by 14 opinions

Error to a judgment of the Corporation Court of the city of Charlottesville in an action of trespass on the case. Judgment for the defendant. Plaintiff assigns error.

1Opinion of the CourtCardwell, J.

The plaintiff in error brought an action of trespass on the case against the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company, and the declaration states that he was seised and possessed of a certain lot of land with a dwelling house thereon, known as Eo. 923 East Market street, in the city of Charlottesville, on the north side of said street, which lot fronts about 60 feet on said street and runs back in a northerly direction between parallel lines about 200 feet; that the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company, a corporation organized under the laws of the State of Virginia, was possessed of a certain lot…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Baltimore & Potomac Railroad v. Fifth Baptist ChurchSupreme Court of the United States · 1883
  2. Cogswell v. New York, New Haven & Hartford RailroadNew York Court of Appeals · 1886
  3. Townsend v. Norfolk Railway & Light Co.Supreme Court of Virginia · 1906
  4. Fisher v. Seaboard Air Line Railway Co.Supreme Court of Virginia · 1904
  5. Terminal Co. v. JacobsTennessee Supreme Court · 1902

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3Cited by14 opinions

  1. Taylor v. City of CincinnatiOhio Supreme Court · 1944
  2. Morgan v. High Penn Oil Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1953
  3. Southern Railway Co. v. McMenaminSupreme Court of Virginia · 1912
  4. G. L. Webster Co. v. SteelmanSupreme Court of Virginia · 1939
  5. Face v. CherrySupreme Court of Virginia · 1915

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