Legal Opinion

Lyons v. Fairmont Real Estate Co.

West Virginia Supreme Court

Decided October 15, 1912PublishedCited by 22 opinions

Error to Circuit Court, Marion County. Action by Carrie Lyons against the Fairmont Real Estate Company. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant brings error.

1Opinion of the Court

POEKENBABGER, JUDGE:

The third jury trial between the parties to this action, very hotly contested on both sides, resulted in a $1,200.00 verdict for the plaintiff, as damages for injury done by the defendant to her real estate, a small lot in the city of Fairmont, and judgment was rendered on it, after an adverse ruling on a motion to set it aside. Numerous assignments of error are vigorously pressed in this Court.

The declaration was attacked by demurrer and also by motion to strike out a portion of the same, because it used such expressions as “permanently injuring and damaging” plaintiff…

2Cases cited31 opinions

  1. Kerr v. LunsfordWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1888
  2. State v. CliffordWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1906
  3. Core v. FaupelWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1884
  4. Pennington v. GillaspieWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1910
  5. Ford v. Chicago & North Western Rail RoadWisconsin Supreme Court · 1861

26 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.

3Cited by22 opinions

  1. Brown v. GobbleWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1996
  2. Jarrett v. E. L. Harper & Son, Inc.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1977
  3. Wilson v. FlemingWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1921
  4. McNeir v. Greer-Hale Chinchilla RanchSupreme Court of Virginia · 1953
  5. Adams v. Virginian Gasoline & Oil Co.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1930

17 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.

Showing a preview — retrieve the full document via the Exa API.

Powered by the Exa API