Douglass v. Railroad Co.
West Virginia Supreme Court
Error from Circuit Court, Wood County. Action by Hiram Douglass against the Ohio River Eailroad Company. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
BraNNON, Judge:
Iiiram Douglass -made a deed to the Ohio River Eailroad Company granting it a right of way through two tracts of land *525in Jackson County, and Douglass brought an action of covenant in the circuit court of Wood County against the company to recover damages for the breach of a number of covenants contained in said deed, and recovered a verdict and judgment against said company. There were propounded to the jury a nuniber of special questions upon the trial, requiring the jury to respond to the claim of damages for each breach of covenant assigned in the declaration, and the jury…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Howard v. Stillwell & Bierce Manufacturing Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1891
- Ferguson v. . HubbellNew York Court of Appeals · 1884
- Watts v. Norfolk & W. R.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1894
- Clarke v. Ohio River R.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1894
- State v. MusgraveWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1897
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