Legal Opinion

Powell v. Bentley & Gerwig Furniture Co.

West Virginia Supreme Court

Decided March 7, 1891PublishedCited by 28 opinions

cited: 57 Pa. St. 274; 78 Ky. 400; 10 Am. Pep. 669 ; 105 Pa*. St. 253; 33 Am. Pep. 325; "Wood Nuis. § 671; Id. § 613; Id. §§ 638, 639; 66 Am. Dec. 790; 28 Am. Pep. 378; 10 Am. Pep. 669; Tied. Dim. Pol. Pow. §§ 104, 122; "Wood Nuis. 641; 130 U. S. 620; 11 TI. L. Cas. 642; Poll. Torts 271; 9 Clian. 705; 5 W. Ya. 1; 56 Am. Pep. 581; 146 Mass. 349; 4 Am. St. Pep. 317, 320; 4 Am. St. Pep. 601; 12 Pliila. 259; Thomp. Tri. §§ 1911, 1915; 133 Mass. 289; 136 Mass. 239 ; 43 Am.

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cited: 57 Pa. St. 274; 78 Ky. 400; 10 Am. Pep. 669 ; 105 Pa*. St. 253; 33 Am. Pep. 325; "Wood Nuis. § 671; Id. § 613; Id. §§ 638, 639; 66 Am. Dec. 790; 28 Am. Pep. 378; 10 Am. Pep. 669; Tied. Dim. Pol. Pow. §§ 104, 122; "Wood Nuis. 641; 130 U. S. 620; 11 TI. L. Cas. 642; Poll. Torts 271; 9 Clian. 705; 5 W. Ya. 1; 56 Am. Pep. 581; 146 Mass. 349; 4 Am. St. Pep. 317, 320; 4 Am. St. Pep. 601; 12 Pliila. 259; Thomp. Tri. §§ 1911, 1915; 133 Mass. 289; 136 Mass. 239 ; 43 Am. Pep. 521, 522, 526 ; 118 Pa. St. 402; Wood Nuis. §§ 618, 633, 634; Add. Torts § 224; 20 Am. Pep. 575; 22 Am. L. Peg. 625; 1…

1Opinion of the Court

Holt, Judge:

In the year 1888, Barna Powell, plaintiff below, brought his bill in the Circuit Court of AVood county, against the Bentley & Gerwig Furniture Company, a partnership, defendants below and appellants, to perpetually enjoin and restrain said company from the use of their furniture factory as a nuisance to plaintiff in the use and enjoyment of his lot and dwelling house thereon. Defendants filed a demurrer, which was overruled; then answered, and the plaintiff replied generally. The depositions of thirty eight witnesses were taken to be read on behalf of the plaintiff, and of twenty…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Baltimore & Potomac Railroad v. Fifth Baptist ChurchSupreme Court of the United States · 1883
  2. People v. Detroit White Lead Works Corp.Michigan Supreme Court · 1890
  3. Snyder v. CabellWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1886
  4. Medford v. LevyWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1888
  5. Amick v. TharpSupreme Court of Virginia · 1856

3Cited by28 opinions

  1. Yeager and Sullivan, Inc. v. O'NEILLIndiana Court of Appeals · 1975
  2. Martin v. WilliamsWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1956
  3. American Smelting & Refining Co. v. GodfreyCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1907
  4. Mountain Copper Co. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1906
  5. Sharon Steel Corp. v. City of FairmontWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1985

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