Warth v. County Court of Jackson County
West Virginia Supreme Court
Error to Circuit Court, Jackson County. Action by Cora Warth against the County Court of Jackson County. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
WilliaMS, Judge:
Mrs. Cora Warth recovered a judgment for $262.50 against the county court of Jackson county, as damages for a personal injury resulting from being thrown from her buggy because of a defect in the public highway; and the county court obtained this writ of error.
Defendant pleaded the general issue, and also tendered a plea styled “Plea in Bar.” The court rejected this plea, and that *186is assigned as error. Tbe substance of the plea is, that plaintiff is a married woman and that she was living with her husband both at the time of, and since, the accident. But that fact does not bar…
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