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VAUGHAN v. VIRGINIA ELECTRIC AND POWER COMPANY

178 S.E.2d 682 (1971)

211 Va. 500

J. B. VAUGHAN et al. v. VIRGINIA ELECTRIC AND POWER COMPANY.

Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia.

January 18, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

S. Page Higginbotham, Orange (Higginbotham & Fry, Orange, on the brief), for appellants.

George D. Gibson, Richmond (Evans B. Brasfield, Guy T. Tripp, III, Hunton, Williams, Gay, Powell & Gibson, Richmond, on the brief), for appellee.

Before SNEAD, C. J., and I'ANSON, CARRICO, GORDON, and HARMAN, JJ.

CARRICO, Justice.

The principal question involved in this appeal is whether the State Corporation Commission had authority to grant Virginia Electric and Power Company a license to construct a dam across the North Anna River in Louisa and Spotsylvania counties.

VEPCO filed an application praying for issuance of the license. J. B. Vaughan and various other landowners affected by the proposed construction intervened in protest against the project. After a hearing...

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