Legal Opinion
Fugate v. Martin
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided March 4, 1968No. Record 6562PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Eggleston, C.J.,,
delivered the opinion of the court.
The State Highway Commissioner filed in the court below a petition seeking to condemn a strip of land about one foot wide running 135 feet along the property of John Louis Martin and others, fronting on the western side of State Highway 29, for the purpose of widening that highway. The petition also sought to condemn a construction easement along the entire length of the Martin property and a permanent drainage easement running through it.
Commissioners were appointed and after they had heard the evi dence and viewed the premises they filed a…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Davis v. MarrSupreme Court of Virginia · 1959
- Dillon v. DavisSupreme Court of Virginia · 1960
- City of Richmond v. ChildreySupreme Court of Virginia · 1920
3Cited by4 opinions
- Newton H. Ancarrow and Josephine Ancarrow v. City of Richmond, Newton H. Ancarrow and Josephine Ancarrow v. City of RichmondCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1979
- Jennings v. CommonwealthRichmond County Circuit Court · 1989
- Monk v. Virginia Department of TransportationRussell County Circuit Court · 1994
- Bates v. CommonwealthVirginia Circuit Court · 2002