State v. Molisee

This case is before the Court upon the appeal of Jeannine Molisee from the August 15,1988, dismissal order of the Circuit Court of Monongalia County, which dismissed appellant’s appeal of a prior magistrate’s order due to her failure to appear for trial, and reinstated the magistrate’s order to euthanize appellant’s dog. The appellant contends the trial judge improperly concluded that she received notice of her trial date. After reviewing the record we have before us, which includes the appellant’s brief and the record below, we agree and reverse.1

*552On May 28, 1988, appellant’s dog injured a…