Haney v. Town of Rainelle

Rose, Judge:

The Town of Rainelle prosecutes this writ of error to the action of the Circuit Court of Greenbrier County, in entering judgment for $4,425.00 on a verdict in favor of Woodrow Haney in an action of trespass on the case for personal injuries received by Haney in stepping upon and breaking through the covering of a ditch at or near the door of the town’s jail, which he was leaving after having incarcerated therein a prisoner in his charge.

The Towns of Rainelle and East Rainelle are municipalities situated in Greenbrier County, organized under the general laws of the State, whose…