Town of Gassaway v. Klein
West Virginia Supreme Court
Appeal from Circuit Court, Braxton County. Suit by the Town of Gassaway against A. Klein and others. From decree for defendants, plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
Mason, Judge:
The town of Gassaway is a municipal corporation created by authority of Chapter 47 of the Code of this State, without special charter. Section 28 of said Chapter 47 authorizes the council of towns created by authority of said chapter to “order the sidewalks, footways, cross-walks, drains and gutters to be curbed and paved and kept in good order, free and clean, by the owners or occupants thereof, or of the real property adjacent thereto;” and Section 34 of said chapter provides, “If the owner or occupant of any sidewalk, footway or gutter of said city, town or village, or of the…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Little Rock v. FitzgeraldSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1894
3Cited by2 opinions
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