Caldwell v. Department of Highways

DUCKER, JUDGE:

The claimants in these twelve claim's have alleged various amounts of damage to their homes and properties situate in Paden City, West Virginia, north of and below State Route 26 and south of *52and above 8th, 9th and 10th Avenues, as a result of the respondent’s alleged negligent maintenance of the road and collecting surface water and diverting and channeling it through culverts and casting said surface water upon their lands.

The parties agreed that the question of liability of the respondent is the same as to all of the claimants, but that the amounts of damage, if any, are to…