Norfolk & Western Railway Co. v. City of Bristol
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to a judgment of the Corporation Court of the city of Bristol on a petition for a mandamus. Judgment for the petitioner. Defendant assigns error.
1Opinion of the CourtCardwell, J.
This is a writ of error to a judgment rendered in the Corporation Court of the city of Bristol, directing the issuance of a peremptory writ of mandamus requiring plaintiff in error to replace certain steps and to maintain a flagman at a certain point on plaintiff in error’s railway where Edmond street and the tracks of plaintiff in error intersect' and cross in the city of Bristol, Ya.
It appears that Samuel E. Groodson, on the 9th day of December, 1851, conveyed to the Virginia and Tennessee1 Railroad Company, the predecessor in title to plaintiff in error, a right of way for a railroad…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Buntin v. City of DanvilleSupreme Court of Virginia · 1896
- City of Charlottesville v. Southern Railway Co.Supreme Court of Virginia · 1899
- Town of Basic City v. BellSupreme Court of Virginia · 1912
- Washington, Alexandria & Mt. Vernon Railway Co. v. City Council of AlexandriaSupreme Court of Virginia · 1900
- Gay v. Boston & Albany RailroadMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1886
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- Southern Railway Co. v. Abee's AdministratorSupreme Court of Virginia · 1919