Western Union Telegraph Co. v. Williams
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to judgment of circuit court of UewKont county, rendered October 30, 1888, in an action of trespass on the case wherein James U. Williams was plaintiff, and the plaintiff in error, the Western Union Telegraph company, ivas defendant.
1Opinion of the CourtLacy, J.
This is a writ of error to a judgment of the circuit court of *697New Kent county,' rendered on the 30th day of October, 1888. The plaintiff in error constructed its telegraph line upon the county road in New Kent county, where the said road ran over the lands of the defendant in error without his consent and without condemnation proceedings, and without tendering compensation, and refusing’ to pay compensation therefor. As is alleged in the declaration “ against the will, of the plaintiff, .and violently against the protest of the plaintiff, entered upon the said lands and cut down and destroyed…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Pumpelly v. Green Bay Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1872
- Nicholson v. New York & New Haven RailroadSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1852
- South Carolina Railroad v. SteinerSupreme Court of Georgia · 1871
- Southwestern Railroad v. Southern & Atlantic Telegraph Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1872
- Warwick v. MayoSupreme Court of Virginia · 1860
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- Sisson v. Board of SupervisorsSupreme Court of Iowa · 1905
- Hildebrand v. Southern Bell Telephone & Telegraph Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1941
- Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Co. v. MackenzieCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1891
- Hodges v. Western Union Telegraph Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1903
- Magee v. OvershinerIndiana Supreme Court · 1898
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