O'Neal v. Peake Operating Co.

This case is before us on appeal by Virginia Sue O’Neal, Administratrix of the Estate of Walter James, deceased; Frank James; Nell Virginia James; Eugene R. O’Neal; and Virginia Sue O’Neal, plaintiffs below, from an order of the Circuit Court of Raleigh County entered March 19, 1990. This'order denied the plaintiffs’ motion for prejudgment interest on an award of compensatory damages for trespass to their real estate by Peake Operating Company (Peake). Peake also asserts two cross-assignments of error.

A brief summary of the facts is necessary to explain our disposition of the ease. In…