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Truslow v. PayneTruslow v. Payne

West Virginia Supreme Court
Jan 31, 1922
Reporters:
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Before:
Lively
Lively, Judge:

This case involves damages claimed by plaintiff from defendant railway for negligently killing his ‍‌​‌​‌‌​​​​​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​​​​‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​​‌​‌​​​​‌​​​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌​‍cows on its railway tracks. Verdict and judgment was for plaintiff for the sum of $310.00, July 13, 1920, in the Court of Common Pleas of Kanawha County. Application ‍‌​‌​‌‌​​​​​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​​​​‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​​‌​‌​​​​‌​​​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌​‍for writ of error was *150duly made to the Circuit Court of Kanawha County, but the printed record does not disclose what action was taken thereon hy the judge. By ‍‌​‌​‌‌​​​​​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​​​​‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​​‌​‌​​​​‌​​​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌​‍inspection of the original petition we find an endorsement on the back thereof: “Writ refused.. A. P. H.. 7/16/21.”

No order of record appears to have been made by ‍‌​‌​‌‌​​​​​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​​​​‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​​‌​‌​​​​‌​​​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌​‍the circuit court in disposing of this petition; and for reasons stated in the opinion in Blumberg, Admr. v. Snyder, this day handed down, we are of opinion that this writ of error ‍‌​‌​‌‌​​​​​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌​​​​​‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​​‌​‌​​​​‌​​​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌​‍has been improvidently awarded, and it will he dismissed for that reason.

Writ of error dismissed.

Case Details

Case Name: Truslow v. Payne
Court Name: West Virginia Supreme Court
Date Published: Jan 31, 1922
Citations: 110 S.E. 546; 90 W. Va. 149; 1922 W. Va. LEXIS 205
Court Abbreviation: W. Va.
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