Legal Opinion

County Court v. Boreman

West Virginia Supreme Court

Decided June 25, 1890PublishedCited by 25 opinions

cited: Code c. 42 § 20 ; 13 W. Ya. 504, 505 ; 10 W.. Va. 788, 789 ; 11 S. E. Bep. 8, 10; 119 Ind. 444 ; 26 W. Ya. 81; Code c. 39 § 47; 25 W. Ya. 614; Code c. 110 § 2; 24 W. Ya. 522 ; 15 W. Ya. 483 ; 11 S. E. Bep. 72 ; Code c. 43 § 25 ; 20 Gratt. 484; Code c. 43 § 30; 4 Call 374; 10 W. Ya. 180 ; 13 W. Va. 358 ; 32 W. Ya. 3; 16 ¥. Ya. 500 ; Code c. 110 § 1; 21 W. Va. 134, 140; 25 W. Ya. 221; 24 W. Ya. 362; 28 W. Ya. 324; 31 W. Ya. 609. cited: 25 W. Ya. 609-616; 19 W. Ya. 84,…

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1Opinion of the Court

Lucas, Judge:

At the city of Parkersburg the Little Kanawha river above its confluence with the Ohio was spanned by a fine bridge, owned by the county of Wood, and connecting a turnpike road with a street of the city called “Mai-kct Street.” In the unprecedented high water of July, 1888, this noble structure was practically washed away, the abutments and wing walls alone being left standing. It became the interest, almost the necessity, of the county to have this bridge reconstructed, and the dirty of the County Court to prosecute such reconstruction, either upon the’ same site or upon one…

2Cases cited3 opinions

State v. County CourtWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1890
Keystone Bridge Co. v. SummersWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1878
Jelly v. DilsWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1885

3Cited by25 opinions

Powhatan Coal & Coke Co. v. RitzWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1906
Wheeling & Elm Grove R. R. v. Town of TriadelphiaWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1905
State Ex Relator McNamara v. ClarkCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1915
County Court v. BoremanWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1890
City of Charleston v. LittlepageWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1913

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