Legal Opinion
State Ex Rel. Ashworth v. State Road Commission
West Virginia Supreme Court
Decided December 4, 1962No. 12169PublishedCited by 40 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Caplan, Judge:
In this original proceeding in mandamus the petitioners, L. L. Ashworth and Dora Ashworth, his wife, seek a writ from this Court to compel the respondents, The State Road Commission of West Virginia, a Corporation, and Burl A. Sawyers, state road commissioner, to institute and prosecute to conclusion against the petitioners a proceeding in eminent domain for the purpose of having ascertained and determined the damages which petitioners claim they have sustained by the alleged taking of certain vested property rights.
The petition was filed on February 13, 1962, and on April 2,…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Petrelli v. West Virginia-Pittsburgh Coal Co.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1920
- Baker v. HendrixWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1943
- Harper v. HarperCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1918
- Davis v. SpraggWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1913
- D'Arago v. State Roads CommissionCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1962
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3Cited by40 opinions
- Berkeley County Public Service District v. Vitro Corp. of AmericaWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1968
- Morgan v. Grace Hospital, Inc.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1965
- Perdue v. SJ Groves and Sons CompanyWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1968
- Brock v. State Highway CommissionSupreme Court of Kansas · 1965
- Sattler v. BaileyWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1990
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