Pittsburg Hydro-Electric Co. v. Liston
West Virginia Supreme Court
Error to Circuit Court, Preston County. Action by the Pittsburg Hydro-Electric Company against Elizabeth Liston. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
WILLIAMS, PRESIDENT:
Elizabeth Liston has obtained a writ of error to an order of the circuit court of Preston county, made in a condemnation proceeding against her by the Pittsburg Hydro-Electric Company, investing said company with title to 15.45 acres of her land at the fork of Cheat Biver and Big Sandy Creek in Preston county, West Virginia, upon payment to her, by it, of the sum of $500.00, ascertained by commissioners appointed in the manner provided by law to be a just compensation therefor.
Condemnation proceedings were instituted by virtue of ch. 13, Acts 1907, amending and re-enacting…
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