Stanton v. City of Parkersburg
West Virginia Supreme Court
Error to Circuit ’Court, Wood County. Action by George W. Stanton against the City of Parkers-burg. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
Williams, Judge:
About nine o’clock on the night of June 12th, 1907, George W. Stanton was going along Murdock Avenue, one of the public streets in the City of Parkersburg, and was tripped by a wire netting stretched across the sidewalk to protect a piece of recently made cement sidewalk in front of the property of J. W. Jones, and was thrown down and hurt. He brought, an action against the city for negligently causing the injury, and on the 12th of ¡March, 1908, recovered a verdict and judgment for $550.00. To this judgment defendant obtained a writ of error and supersedeas from this Court.
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2Cases cited5 opinions
- Sheff v. City of HuntingtonWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1880
- Chapman v. MiltonWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1888
- Bowen v. City of HuntingtonWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1891
- Biggs v. HuntingtonWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1889
- Arthur v. City of CharlestonWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1902
3Cited by17 opinions
- Rich v. RosenshineWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1947
- Boyland v. City of ParkersburgWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1916
- Barniak v. GrossmanWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1956
- Patton v. City of GraftonWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1935
- Williams v. Main Island Creek Coal Co.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1919
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