Legal Opinion

State Highway Commissioner v. Kreger

Supreme Court of Virginia

Decided September 10, 1920PublishedCited by 16 opinions

Error to an order of the Circuit Court of Washington ■county. Judgment for defendant. Plaintiff assigns error.

1Opinion of the Court

Sims, J.,

after making the foregoing statement, delivered the following opinion of the court:

*209The questions raised by the assignments of error and cross-error will be disposed of in their order as stated below.

[1] 1. Does the statute under which this proceeding was instituted make sufficient provision for payment of the just compensation which is guaranteed by section fifty-eight of the State Constitution so as to satisfy such constitutional requirement?

Section 58 of the State Constitution provides that the General Assembly “shall not enact any law whereby private property shall be taken or…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. Cherokee Nation v. Southern Kansas Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1890
  2. Sweet v. RechelSupreme Court of the United States · 1895
  3. Litchfield v. . BondNew York Court of Appeals · 1906
  4. Miller v. Town of PulaskiSupreme Court of Virginia · 1909
  5. State v. JonesSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1905

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3Cited by16 opinions

  1. Mumpower v. Housing AuthoritySupreme Court of Virginia · 1940
  2. Light v. City of DanvilleSupreme Court of Virginia · 1937
  3. Rudacille v. State Commission on Conservation & DevelopmentSupreme Court of Virginia · 1931
  4. Bourne v. Board of SupervisorsSupreme Court of Virginia · 1934
  5. Stewart v. FugateSupreme Court of Virginia · 1972

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