Hot Springs Railroad v. Williamson

Citations

• 136 U.S. 121
• 10 S. Ct. 955
• 34 L. Ed. 355
• 1890 U.S. LEXIS 2204

Syllabus

<p>The refusal of the court below to grant the defendant’s request to charge upon a question in relation to which the plaintiff had introduced no evidence, and which'was, therefore, an abstract question, not before the court, was not error.</p> <p>When a state constitution provides that “ private property shall not be taken, appropriated or damaged for public use without just compensation” a railroad company constructing its road in a public street, under a sufficient grant from the legislature or municipality, is nevertheless liable to abutting owners of land for consequential injuries to their property resulting from such construction.</p>