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SOUTHERN RY. CO. v. DARNELL

Record No. 790120.

277 S.E.2d 175 (1981)

SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY et al. v. Ferna DARNELL et al.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

April 24, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert T. Winston, Norton, H. Merrill Pasco, Richmond (Hunton & Williams, Richmond, Mullins, Winston & Roberson, Norton, on briefs), for appellants.

Ford C. Quillen, Gate City (Stuart A. Sanderson, Gate City, on brief), for appellees.

Before CARRICO, C. J., and HARRISON, COCHRAN, POFF, COMPTON, THOMPSON and STEPHENSON, JJ.

COCHRAN, Justice.

In this appeal, we must construe Code § 56-161 and determine whether it is applicable in the present case and, if so, to what extent. In Southern Railway v. Boy, Va., 227 S.E.2d 172, the companion case argued with the present case and this day decided, we held that a landowner whose land lies on only one side of a railroad right...

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