Legal Opinion

South Bound R. R. v. Burton

Supreme Court of South Carolina

Decided April 5, 1902PublishedCited by 9 opinions

Before Gage, J., Richland, April, 1901. Thirty actions by the South Bound Railroad Company against the following defendants respectively: (1) Eliza Burton et al., (2)Dora Casson et al., (3) Alice C. Casson, (4) Charles Logan, (5) Charles H. Manson, (6) J. H. Van Metre, (7) R. C. Myers et al., (8) Mrs. E. L. Ehrlich, (9) Jno. R. Nowell, (10) The Capital City Building and Loan Association, (11) Martha Holmes, (12) Robert Nelson, (13) Aaron Greax, (14) Jno. T. Sloan and Jno.

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1Opinion of the Court

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Mr. Justice; Joneís.

The parties who are defendants in the thirty cases above entitled, claiming to own lots on Lincoln and Gadsden streets, in the city of Columbia, S. C., began proceedings under the condemnation statutes against the South Bound Railroad Company for compensation for the taking, alteration and impairment of their property and easement in said streets by reason of the construction of said company’s railroad in said streets. Thereafter, these actions were begun by the South Bound Railway Company to enjoin the several defendants above…

2Cited by9 opinions

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