Snyder v. Wheeling Electrical Co.
West Virginia Supreme Court
Error to Circuit, Court, Ohio County. Action by Florence Snyder against the Wheeling Electrical Company. Judgment for plaintiff. Defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
Bbannon, Judge:
In an action on the case, Florence Snyder, administra-trix of Andrew 0. Snyder, recovered a judgment against the Wheeling Electrical Company for one thousand dollars, and the company obtained this writ of error.
One error alleged is the action of the circuit court in overruling a demurrer to the declaration. The specification of its defect is that, it ought to, but does not, set, forth the duty and aver the neglect; and citation is made of the language in the opinion in Clarke v. Railroad Co., 39 W. Va. 732 (20 S. E. 696), that, a declaration in “tort must have requisite…
2Cases cited28 opinions
- Shafer v. Lacock, Hawthorn & Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1895
- Haynes v. Kaleigh Gas Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1894
- Giraude v. Elec. Improvement Co. of San JoseCalifornia Supreme Court · 1895
- Wabash, St. Louis & Pacific Railway Co. v. LockeIndiana Supreme Court · 1887
- Western Union Telegraph Co. v. State ex rel. NelsonCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1896
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3Cited by110 opinions
- Morningstar v. Black & Decker Manufacturing Co.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1979
- Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. Marbury Lumber Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1899
- Hartley v. CredeWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1954
- Hartley v. CredeWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1954
- Humphrey v. Twin State Gas & Electric Co.Supreme Court of Vermont · 1927
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