Verdier v. Port Royal Railroad
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before ThomsoN, J., Beaufort, November,1880. This action was commenced February 5th, 1878, by William J. Verdier, against the defendant corporation, for the recovery of real property, and damages for its detention. The opinion states the case as fully as does the brief. No grounds of appeal are given.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
McGowaN, A. J.
This action was brought to recover possession of a strip of land used by defendant corporation as a. road-bed in operating their railroad. In 1857 the Port Royal Railroad Company was chartered by the state “ for the purpose of establishing a communication by railroad from the waters of *478Port Royal harbor, in the neighborhood of Beaufort, to some point on the Savannah river.” 12 Stat. 564. The charter was afterwards amended, and the time for the completion of the road extended.'
It does not appear who owned the strip of land prior to 1863,…
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