Legal Opinion
Town of Galax v. Waugh
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided September 17, 1925PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBurks, J.
The town of Galax raised the grade of a section of Main street between three and four feet along the side of the property of J. B. Waugh, which Waugh claimed damaged his property to the amount of $8,000. He presented a claim for this amount to the council of the town, which refused to allow him anything. Thereupon Waugh appealed to the Circuit Court of Grayson county, in which county the town of Galax is situated. All matters of law and fact were submitted to the judge of said court, without the intervention of a jury, and he entered judgment in favor of Waugh for $750. To this judgment a…
2Cases cited40 opinions
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- Springer v. City of ChicagoIllinois Supreme Court · 1891
- City of Denver v. BayerSupreme Court of Colorado · 1883
- City of Atlanta v. GreenSupreme Court of Georgia · 1881
- Swift & Co. v. City of Newport NewsSupreme Court of Virginia · 1906
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3Cited by19 opinions
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- Talbot v. City of NorfolkSupreme Court of Virginia · 1932
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