Hicks v. City of Bluefield
West Virginia Supreme Court
Error to Circuit Court, Mercer County. Action of forcible entry and detainer by A. W. Hicks against the City of Bluefield. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
POEEENBAEGEE, JUDGE:
The plaintiff in this action of forcible and unlawful entry and detainer, in whose favor a verdict was found by direction of the court, has fully proven his title in fee, to the strip of land, in which the defendant claims a public easement. This strip, only 30 feet wide and about 180 feet long, r-uns from on’e street to another and the whole thereof is claimed by the city as a street. The issues relate solely to the remedy invoked and dedication and acceptance of the easement.
Denial of the fight to invoke the remedy is predicated, not upon inappropriateness thereof in a…
2Cases cited27 opinions
- Dicken v. Liverpool Salt & Coal Co.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1895
- Cook v. TottenWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1901
- Boyd v. WoolwineWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1895
- City & County of San Francisco v. GroteCalifornia Supreme Court · 1898
- Talbott v. KingWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1889
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- Monk v. GilllenwaterWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1955
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