Wigal v. City of Parkersburg
West Virginia Supreme Court
Error to' Circuit Court, Wood County. Action by Amanda Wigal, -administratrix, etc., against the City of Parkersburg. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
Williams, Judge:
On the 19th of March, 1909, two large iron water tanks, sixty-five feet in diameter and forty feet high having a capacity of one million gallons each, constructed and main*27tained by the City of Parkersburg, burst and the water flowed •down tbe hill in such volume and with "such velocity as'to demolish a dwelling house and kill plaintiff’s intestate who occupied it. For its.alleged negligence in causing his death, his administratrix sued the city and recovered a judgment for $3000.00, and it has brought the case here on writ of error. A number of errors are assigned as cause for…
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