Bell v. Kanawha Traction & Electric Co.
West Virginia Supreme Court
Error to Circuit Court, Wood County. Suit by William Bell against the Kanawha Traction & Electric Company. .Demurrer to plaintiff’s declaration sustained, and he brings .error.
1Opinion of the Court
Ritz, Judge:
This writ of error is prosecuted to review a judgment of the circuit court of Wood county sustaining a demurrer to the plaintiff’s declaration.
In the year 1901 the defendant secured from the plaintiff a right-of-way for its ear track through a certain tract of land owned by Mm in the county of Wood, the sole consid*641eration therefor being that the defendant, when its road was constructed, would furnish to the plaintiff free transportation thereover for himself and his family. In accordance with the agrément, such free transportation was furnished until the year 1906 when the…
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