Holt v. City of Weston

Lively, Judge:

This is an action of trespass on the case in which plaintiff seeks to recover damages from the City of Weston for injuries to his property. The lower court sustained a demurrer to plaintiff’s declaration, and plaintiff asks this Court to reverse that judgment.

The declaration alleges that on February 1, 1924, and for a long time before plaintiff’s property became a part of the City of Weston, plaintiff was the owner in fee of a lot or parcel of land in Lewis County, which adjoined the Parkers-burg and Staunton Turnpike for a distance of 98 feet; that the topography of property in…