Snyder v. P., C. & St. L. Railway Co.
West Virginia Supreme Court
This was a writ of error to a judgment of the circuit ourt of the county of Brooke, rendered on the 29th day of December, 1875, in an action of trespass on the case, then pending in said circuit court, in which David Snyder and others, were plaintiffs, and the Pittsburgh, Cincinnati and St. Louis Railway Company, were defendant. The writ of error was allowed upon the petition of the defendant.
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This was a writ of error to a judgment of the circuit ourt of the county of Brooke, rendered on the 29th day of December, 1875, in an action of trespass on the case, then pending in said circuit court, in which David Snyder and others, were plaintiffs, and the Pittsburgh, Cincinnati and St. Louis Railway Company, were defendant. The writ of error was allowed upon the petition of the defendant. The Hon. Thayer Melvin, Judge of the first judicial circuit, rendered the judgment below. A sufficient statement of the case is given by Hay-mojktd, Judge, who delivered the opinion of the Court. Land…
1Opinion of the CourtHaymoND, Judge
This is an action of trespass on the case brought by the plaintiffs against the defendant in the circuit court of the county of Brooke. The action was commenced on the 31st day of May, 1875, and the declaration filed at June rules of same year. The declaration filed contains two counts, and the material parts of each count discussed before us are as follows, viz: The plaintiffs in their declaration allege in the first count thereof that “on the 29th of October, 1874, and before and since that time, they were seized and possessed of a certain tract of land in said county of Brooke, in the…
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