Ward v. Ohio River R'd
West Virginia Supreme Court
cited 23 W. Va. 407; 33 W. Va. 113; .1 Call (s. p.) 382 ; 2 Call (s. p.) 369; 9 Graft. 294; 11 W. Va. 584; 22 W. Va. 1; 7 W. Va. 717; 35 W. Va. 57. cited 23 W. Va. 443; 2 Wood R’y Law § 253 ; 1 Wood R’y Law § 231; Mills Em. Dom. § 30 ; 17 W. Va. 386; 13 Rep. 306 ; 56 Jow. 605; 1 Johns. Oh’y (Phillips v. Thompson); 4 W. Va. 610; 11 W. Va. 628; 29 W. Va. 201; Id. 569; 11 W. Va. 482.
1Opinion of the Court
Lucas, President :
The facts in this case are as follows : In the year 1883 the Ohio River Railroad Company, a corporation duly chartered under the laws of the State of West Virginia for the purpose, was constructing a line of railroad down the Ohio River from the city of Wheeling to and through the city of Parkersburg. On the 26th day of June, 1883, the Mayor and Council of the city of Parkersburg, the legally constituted corporate authority of said city, by an ordinance, granted to the said railroad company the right to lay its tracks, construct 'and operate its railroad through said city'…
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