Davis v. Telephone Co.
West Virginia Supreme Court
Appeal from Circuit Court, Greenbrier County. Action by J. W. Davis against American Telephone & Telegraph Company. Judgment for plaintiff and defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
BRANNON, Judge:
J. W. Davis brought an action before a justice of Green-brier County against American Telephone and Telegraph Company of West Virginia for a trespass upon the land of Davis. The case went to the circuit court on appeal. The summons claimed $214.00 damages. In the justice’s court the defendant acknowledged liability for $75.00 and offered to confess judgment for that sum, and repeated that offer in the circuit court, but the plaintiff refused to accept it. Upon a trial in' the cir*617cuit court tbe jury found for the plaintiff $1'5B.25; but the court set it aside and granted a new…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Gunn v. Ohio River R'dWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1892
- Faulconer v. StinsonWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1898
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- Fairview Fruit Co. v. H. P. Brydon & BrotherWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1920
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