Richmond & Petersburg Electric Railway Co. v. Seaboard Air Line Railway
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to a judgment rendered by tbe County Court of Cbesterfield county, in a condemnation proceeding, wherein the defendant in error was the plaintiff, and the plaintiffs in error— the Richmond & Petersburg Electric Railway Company and James Bellwood — were the defendants. The Circuit Court of Chesterfield county refused a writ of error.
1Opinion of the CourtWhittle, J.
In April, 1899, the Richmond, Petersburg & Carolina Railroad Company, the predecessor of the defendant in error, the Seaboard Air Line Railway, instituted proceedings under chapter 46 of the Code of Virginia, edition of 1887, in the County Court of Chesterfield county, to condemn a right of way through a tract of 435 acres of land situated in said county on the Manchester and Petersburg Turnpike, about seven miles from the city of Manchester, and known as the “Madill” tract. At the time of the institution of these proceedings, George A. Madill, the proprietor of record of this land, was a…
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