Legal Opinion

Anderson v. Chesapeake Ferry Co.

Supreme Court of Virginia

Decided June 9, 1947No. Record No. 3232PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtBuchanan, J.

This suit presents a question as to the proper measure of compensation for the use of the Chesapeake Ferry Company’s properties which were taken over and operated by the State Highway Commissioner under an Act of the General Assembly, approved February 22, 1946 (Acts 1946, ch. 39, p. 59; Code, 1946 Supplement (Michie), sec. 2072(33) ), which is copied in the margin.1

*484At the time of the passage of this Act the ferry company was the owner of two ferries across Hampton Roads, one from Wiloughby Spit, in Norfolk, to Old Point Comfort, and the other from Pine Beach, in Norfolk, to Newport News. It…

2Cases cited21 opinions

  1. United States v. General Motors Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1945
  2. Olson v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1934
  3. Monongahela Navigation Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1893
  4. Boom Co. v. PattersonSupreme Court of the United States · 1879
  5. United States v. Chandler-Dunbar Water Power Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1913

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3Cited by8 opinions

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