Royal Furniture Co. v. City of Morgantown

Caplan, Justice:

The above styled cases were consolidated for trial in the Circuit Court of Monongalia County and verdicts for both plaintiffs were returned by the jury. A verdict in the amount of $60,000.00 was returned in favor of Royal Furniture Company and one in the sum of $26,600.00 was awarded to Richard and Hilda Rosenbaum. After motions to set aside the judgments entered on said verdicts were overruled, this appeal was prosecuted. We affirm the judgments of the circuit court.

The defendant in these separate civil actions, The City of Morgantown, is the owner and operator of a water…