Clarke v. Ohio River R.
West Virginia Supreme Court
I. — Cattle guards not required at farm crossings. — 45 Am. & Eng. R. Cases 122; Thorn. Railroad Fences, etc., 449, § 289 ; 80 Ill. 72 ; 20 Am. & Eng. R. Cases 458 ; 79 Mo. 504; 83 Mo. 496; 80 Ill. 72 ; 36 Wis. 45; 13 Barb.
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I. — Cattle guards not required at farm crossings. — 45 Am. & Eng. R. Cases 122; Thorn. Railroad Fences, etc., 449, § 289 ; 80 Ill. 72 ; 20 Am. & Eng. R. Cases 458 ; 79 Mo. 504; 83 Mo. 496; 80 Ill. 72 ; 36 Wis. 45; 13 Barb. (N. Y.) 594. II. — Our statute vests fee simple in company upon condemnation. — Code, c. 42, s. 18. III. — Amendments must not introduce new matter. — 21 W. Va. 412. IV. — Provisions of statute considered with sec. 46, chap. 130.— Code, c. 125, s. 4 ; Acts 1877, c. 66; Code, c. 125, s. 11, „ 62, 63, 64 and 65. V.— Where statute fails to designate place, or person to choose…
1Opinion of the Court
BRANNON, PRESIDENT :
This was an action of trespass on the case by William H. Clarke against the Ohio River Railroad Company in the *736Mason county Circuit Court to recover damages for the failure of the railroad company to build fences and put in cattle-guards and farm-crossings on lands of the plaintiff condemned by the company for use of track, resulting in the recovery of a.judgment by the plaintiff of six hundred dollars, to which the defendant took the writ of error which we now decide. The case was once before in this Court. 34 W. Va. 200 (12 S. E. Rep. 505).
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