Roberts v. Ward
West Virginia Supreme Court
Appeal from Circuit Court, Cabell County. Suit for injunction by Alice Roberts and others against Lindsey Ward and others. From a decree dissolving an injunction against obstruction of a private way, and dismissing a bill for a perpetual injunction against sucb obstruction, plaintiffs appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
POEEENBARGER, JUDGE:
Tbe principal grounds of tbe argument submitted to sustain tbis decree dissolving an injunction against obstruction of a private way and dismissing a bill for a perpetual injunction against sucb obstruction are; (1), a previous decree denying tbe right, relied upon as a former adjudication; (2), permissive exercise of the long user admitted; (3), lack of claim of right in tbe use of tbe way; (4), use of it in common with others, relied upon as being inconsistent with, and negativing, the theory of an exclusive and adverse right; and, (5), insufficiency of the bill by…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- Crosier v. BrownWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1909
- Hamilton v. WrightSupreme Court of Iowa · 1870
- Reid v. GarnettSupreme Court of Virginia · 1903
- Wooldridge v. CoughlinWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1899
- Walton v. KnightWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1907
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