Warden v. City of Grafton
West Virginia Supreme Court
1Opinion of the Court
Miller. Judge:
Plaintiff recovered a judgment against the City of Grafton, for injuries sustained while sliding down a chute or slide-way erected and maintained by defendant in a public park owned by it. Prom this judgment defendant has prosecuted the present writ of error.
The park in question, consisting of a tract of about seventeen acres, lying outside the corporate limits of the city, was purchased by the city and conveyed to it by deed dated August 21, 1911, the deed reciting that,'“the above described real estate is conveyed to the City of' Grafton for public uses and should said city…
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