Legal Opinion

State v. Seaman

West Virginia Supreme Court

Decided June 8, 1915PublishedCited by 1 opinion

Error to Circuit Court, Roane County. J. D. Seaman, Jr., was convicted of injuring a sidewalk and failing to repair it, and brings error.

1Opinion of the Court

Lynch, Judge:

On an indictment charging violation of §56a.'xlii, ch. 43, Code, defendant was found guilty and adjudged to pay a fine and the costs of the prosecution. The statute creating the offense sought to be charged provides that “any person or persons who shall in any manner destroy, take up or in any way injure any sidewalk already constructed or that may hereafter be constructed according to the provisions of the foregoing section, and shall fail to repair the same, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof shall be fined not less than five nor more than fifty…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. State v. MitchellWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1900
  2. State v. RiffeWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1877
  3. State v. WelchWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1911
  4. State v. DolanWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1905
  5. State v. Parkersburg Brewing Co.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1903

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3Cited by1 opinion

  1. State v. HarrisonWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1947

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