Legal Opinion

Pence v. Bryant

West Virginia Supreme Court

Decided November 28, 1903PublishedCited by 27 opinions

Appeal from Circuit Court, Mercer County. Bill by Jennie K. Pence against R. G. Bryant and others. Decree for defendants, and plaintiff appeals.

1Opinion of the Court

BraNNOn, Judge:

Jennie K. Pence is the owner of a lot lying between Main and North River streets in the town of Bramwell, Mercer County. It fronts on both streets. Along its side, between it and the *265depot lot owned by the Norfolk and Western Railroad Company, is a space of ground about forty-one feet wide, and extending one hundred and twenty-five feet between those streets. R. G. Bryant and W. W. Hamilton purchased part of this parcel of land, and upon it were excavating for the erection of a building, its wall to be fifteen feet distant, but leaving along her lot a street or alley fifteen…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Smith v. McDowellIllinois Supreme Court · 1893
  2. Noonan v. LeeSupreme Court of the United States · 1863
  3. City of Winchester v. CarrollSupreme Court of Virginia · 1901
  4. Talbott v. KingWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1889
  5. City of Moundsville v. Ohio R. R.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1892

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3Cited by27 opinions

  1. Nulter v. State Road Commission of West VirginiaWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1937
  2. City of Lynchburg v. PetersSupreme Court of Virginia · 1926
  3. Hughes v. Clark.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1904
  4. Clayton v. County CourtWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1905
  5. Thicker v. Ashland Oil & Refining Co.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1946

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