Legal Opinion

Cranford Paving Co. v. Baum

Supreme Court of Virginia

Decided April 23, 1896PublishedCited by 13 opinions

Error to a judgment of the Circuit Court of Alexandria county, rendered May 30, 1894, on a writ of error to the County Court of said county, in a condemnation proceeding wherein the defendants in error were the plaintiffs, and the plaintiff in error and others were the defendants.

1Opinion of the CourtRiely, J.

This is a writ of error to a judgment of the Circuit Court of Alexandria county, affirming a judgment of the County Court. It presents for decision hut a single question, and that is whether or not the amount allowed the plaintiff in error as damages is a just compensation for the use of its land which is taken for the public road established through it.

The Cranford Paving Company owns a stone quarry of three acres on the south side of the Potomac river, which it has worked back into the hill about 100 feet from the original water line, and about 150 feet from the present water line, the line…

2Cited by13 opinions

  1. Richmond & Petersburg Electric Railway Co. v. Seaboard Air Line RailwaySupreme Court of Virginia · 1905
  2. Hunter's Administrator v. Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co.Supreme Court of Virginia · 1907
  3. United States v. BeatyDistrict Court, W.D. Virginia · 1912
  4. City of Richmond v. WilliamsSupreme Court of Virginia · 1913
  5. Duncan v. State Highway CommissionSupreme Court of Virginia · 1925

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