Hysell v. Central City
West Virginia Supreme Court
Error to Circuit Court, Cabell County. Action by Martha L. Hysell against the city of Central City. « Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
Miller, Judge: -
The declaration in this case was, on a former hearing here, Held good on demurrer, and the case was remanded for trial. Hysell v. Central City, 64 W. Va. 133. On the trial below plaintiff obtained a verdict and judgment for $5,000.00.
On this writ of error we are called upon to test the right of *770recovery, not upon the pleadings, but upon the facts proven on the trial. Dfc> the undisputed facts proven make out a good cause of action?
These facts are few. Hysell, the decedent, was a teamster, of experience, employed in the City of Huntington, in driving a large brewery wagon. He…
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- Slaughter v. City of HuntingtonWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1908
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