Barnes v. Tidewater Railway Co.
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to a judgment of the Corporation Court of the city of Roanoke, in a proceeding to condemn land for railroad purposes. Defendant assigns error to the judgment of the court confirming the report of the commissioners and refusing to allow damages for alleged injury to his property on the opposite side of the street from that taken.
1Opinion of the CourtHarrison, J.
This proceeding was instituted by the Tidewater Railway Company for the purpose of condemning and acquiring title to a portion of certain land owned by H. O. Barnes, the plaintiff in error.
It appears that the plaintiff in error owned two parcels of land, one located on the south side of 'Ferdinand avenue, in the city of Roanoke, through which the railroad passes, and the other on the north side of the same avenue, no part of which is taken for railroad purposes. Commissioners were appointed by the court to ascertain a just compensation for the land taken, and to award the damages to the…
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