Legal Opinion

Charleston & Southside Bridge Co. v. Comstock

West Virginia Supreme Court

Decided March 26, 1892PublishedCited by 22 opinions

cited Const. W. Ya. Art. Ill, s. 9; Code, c. 42, s. 7; 13 Wall. 187; 20 How. 219; Code, c. 42, s. 6; 17 W. Ya. 834; Code, e. 52, s. 7; 17 W. Ya. 812; Code, c. 42, s. 17; Id. s. 21; 8 Otto 407; 23 W. Ya. 406 ; Id. 421; 49 la. 672; 27 Wis. 188. cited 9 How. 530; 20 How. 219; 8 Mod. 305; 6 Serg. & K,. 315; 13 Wall. 187; 2 Tuck. Comm.'331; Code, c. 42, s. 7; Code, c. 52, s. 7; Code, c. 42, s. 23; 15 Minn. 230; 78 Ill. 530 ; 23 W. Ya. 406; 25 W. Ya. 226; 27 W. Ya. 306.

1Opinion of the Court

Holt, Judge:

This is a proceeding to take private property for public use, which resulted in a condemnation, for the purpose of erecting a bridge, of part of lot Ho. 2, fronting on the south side of Kanawha St. eleven feet three inches, and extending thence to low-water mark on the north bank of Kanawha river, at the city of Charleston, being a part of the “Kelly lot,” the property of defendants; and the case is here on appeal allowed defendants.

The proceedings on the part of the bridge company were instituted and conducted according to chapter 42 of the Code of 1891. Article III. § 9, of the…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Railroad Co. v. ForemanWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1884
  2. Renwick v. D. & N. W. R. Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1878
  3. Supervisors of Doddridge v. StoutWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1876
  4. Callison v. HedrickSupreme Court of Virginia · 1859
  5. Mairs v. GallahueSupreme Court of Virginia · 1852

3Cited by22 opinions

  1. Buckhannon & Northern Railroad v. Great Scott Coal & Coke Co.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1914
  2. Essex Storage Electric Co. v. Victory Lumber Co.Supreme Court of Vermont · 1919
  3. State Ex Rel. State Road Commission v. Professional Realty Co.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1959
  4. Ohio River R. v. BlakeWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1894
  5. West Virginia & Maryland Power Co. v. Racoon Valley Coal Co.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1923

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