Legal Opinion

Caretta Railway Co. v. Fisher

West Virginia Supreme Court

Decided April 14, 1914PublishedCited by 12 opinions

Error to Circuit Court, McDowell County. Action by Caretta Railway Company against Thomas Fisher and others. The claim of defendant W. F. Harman to- a one-half interest in a fund arising from condemnation of land was sustained, and plaintiff brings error.

1Opinion of the Court

RobiNsoN, Judge:

To whom belongs a fund in the hands of the court arising *116from condemnation of land for a railroad right of way? Caretta Railway Company, a corporation, plaintiff in the condemnation proceedings, claims the money by reason of having acquired a deed conveying the tract of land, pending its proceedings to condemn a right of way through the same. But defendant W. F. Harman claims a one-half interest in the fund on the ground that he is owner of an undivided one-half in the tract from which the right of way was condemned. He of course denies the validity of the title under which…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. State v. SnyderWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1908
  2. Simpson v. EdmistonWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1884
  3. Toothman v. CourtneyWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1907
  4. Webb v. RitterWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1906
  5. State v. HarmanWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1905

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3Cited by12 opinions

  1. State v. Central Pocahontas Coal Co.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1919
  2. Jarrett v. OsborneWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1919
  3. Shrewsbury v. Horse Creek Coal Land Co.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1916
  4. Allen v. LaFolletteWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1923
  5. Caplan v. ShawWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1944

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