Fisher v. Flanagan Coal Co.
West Virginia Supreme Court
Error to Circuit Court, McDowell County. Action by TI. H. Fisher against the Flanagan Coal Company. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
PoBEBNBARGER, JUDGE:
The principal questions raised on this writ of error to a judgment rendered in an action for damages for a personal injury occasioned by an electric wire maintained by the defendant across a road in process of construction by the County Court of McDowell County, pertain to the status of the road, the plaintiff’s right to use, it and his conduct with reference to the wire, in view of his knowledge of its existence and location.
There is no proof that the right -of .way for the road which passed through land the defendant had under lease for coal min*462ing purposes, had been…
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