Monongahela West Penn Public Service Co. v. Monongahela Development Co.

Hatcher, Judge:

In March of 1923 the Monongahela Development Company, the defendant herein, acquired about 65 acres of land, in Monongalia County, situate two miles from the West Virginia University, on the hard surface road between Morgan-town and Star City. The purchase price was $36,000.00. In September of the same year the defendant paid $3,000.00 for a narrow strip which added little to its acreage, but materially increased its frontage- on the Star City road.

The Monongahela West Penn Public Service Company, the applicant herein, filed a petition in the circuit court of said county, in…