Legal Opinion
City of Wheeling v. John F. Casey Co.
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided January 8, 1935No. 3695PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
NORTHCOTT, Circuit Judge.
An action of trespass on the case in assumpsit, for damages in the sum of $160,-000, was instituted in the District Court of the United States for the Northern District of West Virginia by John F. Casey Company, a Pennsylvania corporation, appellee herein, and hereinafter referred to as Casey Company, against the city of Wheeling, ,a municipal corporation of West Virginia, appellant herein, and hereinafter referred to as the city.
The action was based on a contract entered into between Casey Company and the city on April 16, 1923, for the construction of a purification…
2Cases cited26 opinions
- Hollerbach v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1914
- New York Central Railroad v. JohnsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1929
- Guerini Stone Co. v. P. J. Carlin Construction Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1919
- Long v. Inhabitants of AtholMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1907
- United States v. SmithSupreme Court of the United States · 1921
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3Cited by9 opinions
- Groves v. ComptonWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1981
- James v. NelsonCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1937
- Clark v. City of Humansville, MissouriMissouri Court of Appeals · 1961
- Levin v. Federal Land Bank of Baltimore (In Re Vick)United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Virginia · 1987
- M. De Matteo Construction Co. v. Maine Turnpike AuthorityDistrict Court, D. Maine · 1960
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