Legal Opinion

Mumpower v. City of Bristol

Supreme Court of Virginia

Decided July 1, 1897PublishedCited by 38 opinions

Error to a judgment of the Circuit Court of the county of "Washington, rendered October 9, 1896, in an action of trespass on the case, wherein the plaintiff in error was the plaintiff, and the defendant in error was the defendant.

1Opinion of the Court

Keith. P.,

delivered the opinion of the court.

William H. Mumpower brought an action on the case in the Circuit Court of Washington county against the city of Bristol, and afterwards filed a declaration, in which, among other things, he avers that he is the owner of a certain tract *738of land situated in the county of Washington, upon which thereisamill operated as a grist or custom mill, the machinery, appliances and contrivances of which are propelled by water of ----creek, first collected and detained in a dam situated upon said tract of land, vs hich dam was, and still is, the property of the…

2Cited by38 opinions

  1. Patton v. BradySupreme Court of the United States · 1902
  2. Richmond Redevelopment & Housing Authority v. Laburnum Construction Corp.Supreme Court of Virginia · 1954
  3. Sullivan v. Associated Billposters & Distributors of United States & CanadaCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1925
  4. Barnes Coal Corp. v. Retail Coal Merchants Ass'nCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1942
  5. Winston v. GordonSupreme Court of Virginia · 1914

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