Legal Opinion

Wooldridge v. Coughlin

West Virginia Supreme Court

Decided April 8, 1899PublishedCited by 31 opinions

Appeal from Circuit Court, Fayette County. Suit by Thomas Wooldridge against Cornelius Cough-lin and others. Decree for plaintiff, and defendants appeal.

1Opinion of the Court

BraNNON, Judge:

Wooldridge sued out an injunction in the circuit court of Fayette against Coughlin to enjoin Coughlin from obstructing and hindering Wooldridge in the use of a private way leading from land of Wooldridge, over land o'f Coughlin, to a public road, and, the injunction having been perpetuated, Coughlin appealed to this Court. The facts of the case are that Cabell, being owner of a large tract of land in Fayette and Greenbrier Counties bordering on the east side of public highway called the “Old State Road,” on September 2, 1871, conveyed to Hurley out of said tract a tract…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Ford v. HarrisSupreme Court of Georgia · 1894
  2. Rogerson v. ShepherdWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1889
  3. Boyd v. WoolwineWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1895
  4. Warren v. SymeWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1874

3Cited by31 opinions

  1. Dartnell v. BidwellSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1916
  2. O'DELL v. StegallWest Virginia Supreme Court · 2010
  3. Morris v. BluntUtah Supreme Court · 1916
  4. Crosier v. BrownWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1909
  5. Walton v. KnightWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1907

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