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Title Letter from Heriot Clarkson to Francis O. Clarkson
Date April 10, 1939
Description Letter of congratulations for a jury's award of $25,000 in Switzerland Company v. State Highway Commission case. He calls it a great victory and compares the case to a battle for God and humanity.
Commentary Box 11.
Location Location Name: Little Switzerland
Parkway Milepost: 330.8
Latitude: 35.849672
Longitude: -82.091147
Creator Individual Heriot Clarkson
Tags Clarkson, Francis O.
Lawsuits
Letters
Little Switzerland (N.C.)
State Highway and Public Works Commission
Switzerland Company
Credit Francis O. Clarkson Papers, #3275, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.