Manley v. Brown
West Virginia Supreme Court
Error to Circuit Court, Mingo County. ’ Suit by Addie Manley against D. Brown, before a justice of the peace. Judgment for plaintiff, and on appeal to the circuit court, verdict and judgment for plaintiff, and the defendant brings error.'
1Opinion of the Court
Ritz, Judge:
Plaintiff brought this suit before a justice of the peace to recover damages from the defendant for injury to a wall constructed upon her lot next to the lot of the defendant. She had a judgment before the justice, and on appeal to the circuit court of Mingo County a trial before a jury resulted in a verdict in her favor for $175.00, upon which the court rendered judgment, and it is to review this judgment that this writ of error is prosecuted.
The plaintiff and the defendant are the owners of adjoining lots fronting on Fifth Avenue in the city of Williamson. The front of these…
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