Legal Opinion
Taylor v. Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
West Virginia Supreme Court
Decided May 19, 1953No. CC802PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Lovins, Judge:
D. I. Taylor seeks a writ of mandamus to compel the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company, a corporation, and the State Road Commission of West Virginia to erect a fence on the division line between his land and another tract of land owned by the State Road Commission, and used for state highway purposes.
The petitioner filed his petition in the Circuit Court of Upshur County, West Virginia. The trial court awarded a rule in mandamus, returnable on the 12th day of December, 1951. On the return day of the rule, the State Road Commission appeared and demurred to the petition,…
2Cases cited22 opinions
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- Stewart v. State Road Commission of West VirginiaWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1936
- Clarke v. Ohio River R.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1894
- Hardy v. SimpsonWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1937
- Mahone v. State Road CommissionWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1925
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