Town of Davis v. Davis
West Virginia Supreme Court
cited 73 Ind. 284 Wood’s Law of Nuis., p. 76; 20 N. J. Eq. 530; 118 Pa. St. 402;; Am. & Eng. Ency. Law, vol. 16, 922; 3 Paige (N. Y.) 218; 34 W. Va. 804; 29 W. Va. 48. cited Code, c. 47, s. 28; Dill. Mun. Corp. 374-878; 2 Tuck. Comm. 303; 4 Min. Inst. 764; 61 Me. 503; 34 W. Ya. 804; 16 Am. & Eng. Enc. Law 928: Wood Nuis. § 809; 33 Conn. 118; 50 Md. 517; 57 Pa.
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cited 73 Ind. 284 Wood’s Law of Nuis., p. 76; 20 N. J. Eq. 530; 118 Pa. St. 402;; Am. & Eng. Ency. Law, vol. 16, 922; 3 Paige (N. Y.) 218; 34 W. Va. 804; 29 W. Va. 48. cited Code, c. 47, s. 28; Dill. Mun. Corp. 374-878; 2 Tuck. Comm. 303; 4 Min. Inst. 764; 61 Me. 503; 34 W. Ya. 804; 16 Am. & Eng. Enc. Law 928: Wood Nuis. § 809; 33 Conn. 118; 50 Md. 517; 57 Pa. St. 274; 29 W. Va. 48; Code, c. 110, s. 1; Id. c. 47, s. 28; 28 W. Ya. 227, 232; 13 W. Va. 358; 22 G-ratt. 454; Dill. Mun. Corp. (Ed. 1881) §§ 94, 95; L. K 4 OR. App. 388.
1Opinion of the Court
TIolt, Judge :
This was a proceeding' on the part of the incorporated town of Davis against S. T. Davis, to have declared to be and abated, as a nuisance, a steam riding gallery, commonly called a “merry-go-round,” operated by defendant Davis in the town, on lot No. 73. Such proceedings were had that the town council, by judgment rendered on the 10th day of August, 1894, declared the same to be a nuisance, and ordered it to be abated — to be stopped, we infer. On the 17th day of August, S. T. Davis presented to the Circuit Judge, in vacation, his petition for a writ of certiorari, but on…
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