Hall v. Department of Highways

WALLACE, JUDGE:

James E. Patterson filed this claim in the amount of $6,000.00 for damage caused by surface water to certain real property on which his residential trailer is situated. It developed at the hearing that the legal owner of the land was Mr. Patterson’s mother-in-law, Clara Mae Hall, and the Court on its own motion amended the claim accordingly. The claimant did not appear; the testimony and support of the claim were presented solely by Mr. Patterson.

Mr. Patterson lives in St. Albans, West Virginia, at 1010 Avesta Drive, which is also Route 12/9 maintained by the respondent. He…