Shields v. Norfolk & Carolina Railroad
Supreme Court of North Carolina
AotioN by M. A. and P. P. Shields, executors of Jas. Gr-Sliields, against tbe Norfolk and Carolina Railroad Co., beard by Judge T. A. McNeill, at June Term, 1901, of TTat.t-rax County Superior Court. Prom a judgment for the plaintiffs, the defendant appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtEubchks, C. J.
This is an action for damages against defendant for burning a house and a lot of peanuts belonging to plaintiff. The case comes to us upon the appeal of defendant, upon the following facfts agreed, and judgment thereon for the plaintiffs:
The. following facts are admitted:
1. That James G. Shields, the testator of the plaintiffs, at the time of the condemnation of the right-of-way of the defendant, was the owner of a large farm over which the right-of-way aforesaid was located, and the plaintiffs now own the same under the provisions of his will.
2. That at the time of the condemnation of the…
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