Wilson v. West Virginia Cent. & Pitts. R'y Co.
West Virginia Supreme Court
I. — On insufficiency 'of eddence to warrant the judgment of the justice. — 25 W. Va. p. 571, 6th p’t; 35 W. Va. p.438. IT. — On power of the Circuit Court to review the action of the Justice. — 3 Am. & Eng. Ency. Law-, 60-62; 20 W. Va. 89, 103, 105, 107. cited Code c. 110, s._ 2; Const. D. S. Art. III. s. 2; Const. & Manual U. S. Senate 55 (Ed. 1890); Const. W. Va. Art. VIII, s. 28; 30 W. Va. 327 ; 28 W. Va. 815, 119 ; 35 W. Va. 333 ; 2 Wait’s Act. & Def. 137,141.
1Opinion of the Court
Holt, Judge:
On the 28th day of April, t1891, M. Parsons, a justice of the peace of Tucker county, rendered a judgment in favor of Martha I. Wilson, plaintiff below, against the railway company, defendant below and plaintiff in error, for four*213teen dollars, with interest from-date, the amount of her claim for damages for the wrongful killing of a steer worth fourteen dollars. The only evidence of value was that she had paid six dollars for the steer and had kept it nine months before the killing by the railway train. The defendant presented its petition to the Circuit Court for a writ of…
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