Jones v. City of Clarksburg
West Virginia Supreme Court
Error to Circuit Court, Harrison County. Trespass on tbe case by Jesse Jones against the City of Clarksburg. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
Lynch, Judge:.In this action, trespass on the case, brought to , August rules, 1915, plaintiff recovered the judgment which defendant seeks to reverse for error committed upon the trial.’ The cause alleged as the basis of the recovery is an injury to a lot owned by him abutting on First Street in the City of Clarks-burg and to two buildings erected on the lot after he purchased it, occasioned by a permanent improvement of the street made by a contractor acting under the direction and supervision of the city authorities in 1912. The chief grounds of complaint specified in the declaration, and…
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