Garr v. City of McMechen
West Virginia Supreme Court
Error to Circuit Court, Marshall County. Action by Elizabeth Garr against the City of McMechen. From a judgment setting aside a verdict in her favor, plaintiff brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
Ritz, Judge:
This writ of error brings up for review a judgment of the circuit court of Marshall county setting aside the verdict of a jury rendered in an action for personal injuries received by the plaintiff on one of the streets of the defendant.
The plaintiff was at the time of the injury complained of a resident of the defendant, a municipal corporation, and on the day of the accident had occasion to go from her place of residence to a store situate on the north side of Eleventh street in said city, the plaintiff’s residence being south of Eleventh street, so that it was necessary, in…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Townley v. City of HuntingtonWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1911
- Neidhardt v. City of MinneapolisSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1910
- Johnson v. Inhabitants of WhitefieldSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1841
- Morris v. RiskWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1920
3Cited by5 opinions
- Taylor v. City of HuntingtonWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1944
- Baker v. City of WheelingWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1936
- Jones v. City of ManningtonWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1964
- Nester v. United Foundation Corp.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1951
- Waddell v. City of WilliamsonWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1925