Legal Opinion

Heavner v. State Road Commission

West Virginia Supreme Court

Decided May 11, 1937No. 8495PublishedCited by 19 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Fox, Judge:

The petitioners, Homer M. Heavner and W. Frank Stout, seek a writ of mandamus to compel the State Road Commission to open and maintain a section of state highway Route 20, as originally established and located beginning at the intersection of Haymond Avenue with said route, near the corporate limits of the City of Clarksburg, extending in the direction of property owned by petitioners. The following statement of facts made up from the record seems necessary to develop the points of law at issue.

State Route 20 was designated as such by an order of the State Road Commission made on…

2Cases cited18 opinions

  1. Spencer v. Point Pleasant & Ohio R. R.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1884
  2. State ex rel. Key v. BondWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1923
  3. Hardy v. SimpsonWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1937
  4. Arbenz v. Wheeling & H. R. Co.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1889
  5. State ex rel. Noyes v. LaneWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1921

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3Cited by19 opinions

  1. Riggs v. State Road CommissionerWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1938
  2. Holloway v. PurcellCalifornia Supreme Court · 1950
  3. State Ex Rel. State Road Commission v. Professional Realty Co.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1959
  4. State Ex Rel. Ritchie v. TriplettWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1977
  5. Brady v. SmithWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1954

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