Spies v. Arvondale & Cleveland Railroad
West Virginia Supreme Court
Appeal from Circuit Court, Randolph County. Bill by Henry Spies. and others against the Arvondale & Cleveland Railroad Company and others. Decree for plaintiff, and the Arvondale & Cleveland Railroad Company and the Welch Colony Railroad Company of West Virginia appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
Sanders, Judge:
On the 16th day of January, 1892, Johnson N. Camden granted unto the Welch Colony Railroad Company of West Virginia a right of way over three tracts of land lying in Randolph county, known as lots Nos. l'T, 20 and 21 of the Davenport survey. The deed contained the following provision: “But this grant and all other rights and privileges under it to cease and be void and of no force or effect if the party of the second part shall fail or refuse to construct and operate its road through said land and to the line of the railroad of the West Virginia and Pittsburgh Railroad Company…
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