Legal Opinion

Armstrong v. County Court of Taylor County

West Virginia Supreme Court

Decided December 16, 1903PublishedCited by 5 opinions

Petition by A. Armstrong for writ of prohibition to the county court of Tatdor County and others.

1Opinion of the Court

McWhorter, President :

Tinder section 50, chapter 54r Code, and the sixth clause thereof, the Buchanan and Northern Railroad Co., applied to the county court of Taylor county for permission to use certain portions of the public road on the west side of the Tygarts Valley River between the west end of Fetterman’s Bridge and Short Creek, being two certain pieces of said road described in the proceedings, which permission was granted by order of the court. The pieces of road so to he used are on narrow strips of ground lying between perpendicular bluffs and the Tygarts Valley River. The double…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. McConiha v. GuthrieWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1882
  2. State v. County CourtWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1890
  3. Buskirk v. Judge of Circuit CourtWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1873
  4. Haldeman v. DavisWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1886
  5. State ex rel. Wheeler v. McAuliffeSupreme Court of Missouri · 1871

3Cited by5 opinions

  1. State v. HardenWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1907
  2. Lawson v. County Court of Kanawha CountyWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1917
  3. Fowler v. Norfolk & Western Railway Co.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1910
  4. Davis v. Twin Mountain & Potomac RailroadWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1915
  5. State Ex Rel. Barber v. County Court Jackson CountyWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1925

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