Legal Opinion

Clear Creek Water Co. v. Gladeville Improvement Co.

Supreme Court of Virginia

Decided September 12, 1907PublishedCited by 3 opinions

Error to a judgment of the Circuit Court of Wise county, in a condemnation proceeding. Judgment for the defendant. Plaintiff assigns error.

1Opinion of the CourtWhittle, J.

The plaintiff in error, the Clear Creek Water Company, Incorporated, a'public service corporation, having authority to condemn lands, water, water rights, or any other property, and any estate or interest therein for its uses and purposes, filed its petition in the Circuit Court of Wise county against the defendant in error, the Gladeville Improvement Company, an inferior riparian proprietor, under Ch. 46 B, Va. Code, 1904, for the purpose of condemning certain riparian rights of the defendant in error in Clear Creek, by intercepting and diverting all the waters in said creek and the two main…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Smith v. . City of RochesterNew York Court of Appeals · 1883
  2. Stein v. BurdenSupreme Court of Alabama · 1854
  3. Roanoke City v. BeekowitzSupreme Court of Virginia · 1885
  4. Burden v. SteinSupreme Court of Alabama · 1855
  5. City of Charlottesville v. MaurySupreme Court of Virginia · 1898

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3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Jeter v. Vinton-Roanoke Water Co.Supreme Court of Virginia · 1913
  2. Swann v. Washington-Southern Railway Co.Supreme Court of Virginia · 1908
  3. Northern Light & Power Co. v. StacherCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1910

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