Subseries B: Legal Files, 1903-1942

Containers:

Box 3-27

Scope and content:

Contains correspondence and legal and case files including legal briefs, generally exchanged between the General Counsel, VEPCO attorneys and claims agents in the Legal Department, VEPCO executives, opposing counsels and litigants, other businesses and business persons, and government and court officials. Many of the cases concern personal injury, fatal error, and property lawsuits caused by accidents on or with streetcars. Other files pertain to streetcar operation and fares. There are also legal documents including deeds and contracts concerning the purchase and transfer of property right-of-ways, property disputes, and the development of infrastructure in Richmond and Norfolk including street paving, streetcar lines and railways, water and gas lines, and power grids. Other legal files including most notably the dense case of Charles Hall Davis concern lawsuits in reference to stock and dividend disputes. A small amount of files also concerns deferred classification for war military service by VEPCO employees. At the end of this subseries are case summaries and lists, 1921-1923, arranged chronologically by the company.

Arrangement:

Alphabetically by case name or legal subject and then chronologically with folder contents arranged in reverse chronological order.

Physical description:

11.475 cubic feet

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