Tracewell v. County
West Virginia Supreme Court
Error to Circuit Court, Wood County. Action by W. S. Tracewell against the Wood county court. Judgment for defendant and plaintiff brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
BliANXOX, PRESIDENT :
W. S. Tracewell brought an action of trespass on the case against the county court of Wood county and it resulted in a verdict and judgment for the county court, from which Trace-well has sued out a writ of error. The action was for damages to the land of the plaintiff on the side of a high hill adjoining the city of Parkersburg, known as Ft. Boreman, on which land the plaintiff had dwelling houses standing upon foundations. The declaration alleges that the county court had recently constructed a public road along the side of the steep hill above the plaintiff’s land, and…
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