Cayce Land Co. v. Southern Railway Co.
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before DeVorE, J., Lexington, August, 1917. Actions by the Cayce Land Company and others against the Southern Railway Company, and by the same plaintiff against the same defendant and another.
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Before DeVorE, J., Lexington, August, 1917. Actions by the Cayce Land Company and others against the Southern Railway Company, and by the same plaintiff against the same defendant and another. From the decree for plaintiffs in both cases, defendants appeal. submit: Are plaintiffs entitled to recover the possession of the land, and if not, at what time should the valuation of the land be ascertained in determining the amount to be paid by the appellant for the damages due the plaintiffs? 21 S. C. 420, 431; 28 S. C. 388; 38 S. C. 34; 37 S. C. 382; 59 S. C. 371; 61 S. C. 220; 69 S. C. 481; 91 S.…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Mr. Justice I Iydrick..Plaintiffs brought these actions to recover possession of I wo strips of land, now occupied by defendants as railroad rights of way, or, in the alternative, to recover compensalion for the use thereof by defendants. Both strips are on I he same tract, which is now owned by plaintiffs as tenants in common. One of these strips was taken by the Columbia and August Railroad Company about the year 1867, and l lie other by the Carolina Midland Railroad Company about the year 1899. Both were taken while the tract was in the possession…
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