Jeter v. Vinton-Roanoke Water Co.
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to a judgment of the Circuit Court of Bedford county iu a condemnation proceeding. Judgment for the plaintiff. Defendant assigns error.
1Opinion of the CourtCardwell, J.
The Vinton-Roanoke Light and Water Company was incorporated by an act of the General Assembly of Virginia, approved March 4, 1890 (Acts 1889-90, p. 860), and was, by the act of its incorporation, declared to be an organization for a work of internal improvement, and was authorized to condemn the rights of way and lands necessary to enable it to carry out its purposes.
*771Under its charter the company was authorized “to supply water and furnish light, either electricity or gas, to Vinton, Roanoke county, Virginia, and to such persons, partnerships and corporations residing or doing business…
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