Watts v. Norfolk & W. R.
West Virginia Supreme Court
cited Code (1887) c. 43, s. 31; 32 W. Va. 6; 3 Graft. 632 ; 29 W. Va. 407; 17 8. E. Hep. 536; Abb. Tr. Br. 42; Pierce R’ds 159-161, 496; 2 Wood R’y 761; Mete. .(Mass.) 563; 1 Wood R’y 601; Wood May, Dam. 141; Sedg. Meas. Dam. (5th Ed.) 155; 3 Suth. Dam. §§ 1038, 1039, 1041; 1 Suth. Dam. § 9 et seq.; 1 Suth. Dam. § 2; Code (1891) c. 44, ss. 24, 27 ; 33 W. Va. 14. cited Code (1891) c. 44, ss. 24, 7 ; 33 W. Va. 307 ; Id. 39.
1Opinion of the Court
Brannon, President :
In an action of trespass on the case by Harrison Watts against the Norfolk & Western Railroad Company in the Circuit Court of Wayne county, Watts recovered judgment for one thousand and seventy four dollars, and the company brought the case to this Court by writ of error.
In his declaration Watts complains of several wrongs done him by the company. The first wrong complained of is that the railroad company built a stone wall below his milldam extending into and above the same, and filled in on both sides of said wall with earth, si ones and other substances, whereby the…
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