Nelson County v. Loving
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to a judgment of the Circuit Court of Nelson county in proceedings on claims against Nelson county for damages to claimants’ land by the change of grade in a public road. Judgment for claimants. Defendant assigns error.
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Error to a judgment of the Circuit Court of Nelson county in proceedings on claims against Nelson county for damages to claimants’ land by the change of grade in a public road. Judgment for claimants. Defendant assigns error. In these cases the respective defendants in error (who were plaintiffs in the court below and will be hereinafter so designated) filed before the board of supervisors of the county of Nelson their respective claims against the county for damages for alleged injury done to real estate owned by them respectively, the real estate, as stated in their accounts, being…
1Opinion of the Court
Sims, J.,
after making the foregoing statement, delivered the following opinion of the court:
The questions presented for our decision by the assignments of error in the above entitled cases will be disposed of in their order as stated below:
[1] 1. Is the defendant county liable to the plaintiffs for consequential damages arising from the change of grade of the public road made since the present Constitution of the State went into effect (it being conceded that the work complained of was confined to the original right of way for the road lawfully acquired, and that the work was done by the…
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