Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1892-12-20
A RAILWAY TIED UP.
HAMPTON, OLD POINT, AND NEW
PORT NEWS R'Y co. ENJoINeo.
Cars wiz Not he Started on Wednesday
Disappointed Hampton Merchants
william and Mary College Case.
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Correspondence Of the Richmond Dispatcb.l
HAMPTON. Va, December 10. The Hamp-
ton, Old Point and Newport News Railway
/ Company seem TO be having hard time IN
getting their cars running between here
and Newport News. The delay up 10 this
/ time has been on account Of the nom
arrival OF the cars, but to-day an
other obstruction (Which may prove
/ more serious than the cars not arrlving)
! has been raised in the shape of an inlunc-
/ tion from Judge Gunter, sued out by Rev.
/ T. =. Wilson, enjOining the company from
I using the track III front OF his house, aud
/ directing that the track and en-
/ bankmcnt on which IT Is laid be
/ removed at once. Mr.. Wilson re-
/ sides near the intersection of King road
/ ana the Newport News road, and has been
living there some four years. There was
/ a very low place IN the road just AZ that
/ point. necessitating considerable filing mp
F 10 get the grade the same as the road. Mr..
4 Wilson has given the necessary bond. and
the injunction Is III operation.
TIE PETITION.
Mr. Wilson sets forth in his petition that
be Is the owner of u lot. on which be re-
. sides. on "a private way continuation of
King road, In Wythe District. ~ feet wide,
and that he owns in fee-simple to the cen
/ ire of the private way; that the way IS 80
feet wide, and that his dwelling Is 10 feet
from it: that while he was away on
tue 18th Of August the railway COM
panv invaded his fee-simple property
, wltGin sixty feet of his house, threw up
I high cmbankment, five feet higher than
/ the way, and a. his lot was on the same
/ grad as the way 1T makes It difficult OF
access. and as the natural drain Tor water
has been OOstructed it causes continual
overflow oi water, damaging HIN n
. reparablv. flo demonstrated with Mr.
j. ;. DOnlng, the principal stock
holder. and with Mr. A. ). Segar,
but nothing was done TO stop the work /;
( that hels informed cars will be run over
tins road. causing additional difficulty OF
access, causing MIN great discomfort, an
/ noyance. and to his great nuisance, the
. noise of ringing of bells, confusion IN
track, &c.. greatly imparing the value OF
T his lot as residence, ana that Il
~ not adapted for commercial purposes.
. Nh Wilson further states that there has
, been no payments or lender or damages,
and he prays that they may be enjoined
from trespassing on his fee-slmpie, and
that they be made 20 remove the embank-
. meut and track.
The Hampton merchants have been look
in forward to a good Christmas trade
from Newport Newport over this road, MS
the cars were to be running by "Wednesday,
but unless the injunction Is dissolved at
once their expectations will not be real
| lied.
THE COLLEGE CASE.
In the matter of William and Mary Col
lege O.. The City School Board OF Will
hamsburg, which came up before Judge
Peck at Newport News, the merits OF
the case were not touched at all.
In very short time after the
argument Judge Peek decided that the
case was not properly in his docket and
dismissed It,. The law directed that the
original papers should all come before the
court TO which il was transferred, together
with certified copies of all orders III the
case. and some of these certified orders
were omitted. An effort was made TO get
the case on the docket the next day, but
as Judge Peek was not well 40 steps were
taken.