Legal Opinion

Corporation of Mount Jackson v. Nelson

Supreme Court of Virginia

Decided November 15, 1928PublishedCited by 18 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtHolt, J.

This is an action by motion for the recovery of a judgment for money. The facts are few and the issue simple.

Designating the parties as they were designated in the trial court, plaintiff’s claim grows out of a contract under which materials were furnished and work done in and about the construction of a water main for the town. They owned a filling station about a thousand feet north of Mount Jackson, on the Valley pike, and were anxious to secure town water, while the town on its part wished to extend its mains to new customers, plaintiffs included. Out of this situation the contract sued…

2Cases cited18 opinions

  1. Union Pacific Railway Co. v. Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1896
  2. Citizens' Central Nat. Bank of NY v. AppletonSupreme Court of the United States · 1910
  3. Union Pac. Ry. Co. v. Chicago, R. I. & P. Ry. Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1892
  4. Pikes Peak Power Co. v. City of Colorado SpringsCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1900
  5. Fallsburg, &c. Co. v. AlexanderSupreme Court of Virginia · 1903

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3Cited by18 opinions

  1. Light v. City of DanvilleSupreme Court of Virginia · 1937
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  3. City of Bristol v. Dominion National BankSupreme Court of Virginia · 1929
  4. American-LaFrance & Foamite Industries, Inc. v. Arlington CountySupreme Court of Virginia · 1935
  5. Leonard v. Town of WaynesboroSupreme Court of Virginia · 1937

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