The Southeastern Reporter, Volume 11West Publishing Company, 1890 - Law reports, digests, etc |
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... road ; that she had traveled the same road two or three times a week for the previous two years without acci- dent , and by another witness that the road was in good condition , smooth , and cindered , and that he had traveled said road ...
... road ; that she had traveled the same road two or three times a week for the previous two years without acci- dent , and by another witness that the road was in good condition , smooth , and cindered , and that he had traveled said road ...
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... road by which she could re- turn home ; that she could have managed her horse had it not been for the narrow- ness of the road . This was , in substance , the testimony of the female plaintiff . The testimony of J. W. Smith was , in sub ...
... road by which she could re- turn home ; that she could have managed her horse had it not been for the narrow- ness of the road . This was , in substance , the testimony of the female plaintiff . The testimony of J. W. Smith was , in sub ...
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... road was the proximate cause of the accident or injury complained of ? If the use of this road , which had been for years in the same condition , without any acci- dent resulting therefrom , had continued uninterrupted or unbroken by ...
... road was the proximate cause of the accident or injury complained of ? If the use of this road , which had been for years in the same condition , without any acci- dent resulting therefrom , had continued uninterrupted or unbroken by ...
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... road is required to be maintained and kept in order , it is true our statute re- quires that “ every road shall be thirty feet wide , unless the county court order it to be of a different width . " The order estab- lishing this road ...
... road is required to be maintained and kept in order , it is true our statute re- quires that “ every road shall be thirty feet wide , unless the county court order it to be of a different width . " The order estab- lishing this road ...
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... road had been 30 feet wide . In the case of Phillips v . County Court , 31 W. Va . 478 , 7 S. E. Rep . 427 , this court held that where the defect or ob- struction in the road is merely a remote cause of the injury , and the want of ...
... road had been 30 feet wide . In the case of Phillips v . County Court , 31 W. Va . 478 , 7 S. E. Rep . 427 , this court held that where the defect or ob- struction in the road is merely a remote cause of the injury , and the want of ...
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Page 36 - The general assembly may vest the corporate authorities of cities, towns and villages with power to make local improvements by special assessment or by special taxation of contiguous property, or otherwise.
Page 164 - Constitution gives the citizens of each state all the privileges and immunities of citizens in the several states...
Page 38 - Will in solemn form of law, shall continue to possess the same rights and privileges, and be subject to the same liabilities with respect to costs, as heretofore...
Page 270 - ... liable for mistakes or delays in the transmission or delivery, or for non-delivery of any unrepeated message, whether happening by negligence of its servants or otherwise, beyond the amount received for sending the same...
Page 314 - The court may change the place of trial in the following cases : 1. When the county designated for that purpose in the complaint is not the proper county: 2. When there is reason to believe that an impartial trial cannot be had therein: 3. When the convenience of witnesses and the ends of justice would be promoted by the change.
Page 62 - ... agreement in writing, whereby the contracting party sufficiently indicates an intention to make some particular property, real or personal, or fund, therein described or identified, a security for a debt or other obligation, or whereby the party promises to convey or assign or transfer the property as security, creates an equitable lien upon the property so indicated, which is enforceable against the property in the hands, not only of the original contractor, but of his heirs, administrators,...
Page 270 - It is agreed between the sender of the following message and this company that said company shall not be liable for mistakes or delays in the transmission or delivery or non-delivery of any unrepeated message, whether happening by negligence of its servants or otherwise, beyond the amount received for sending the same...
Page 257 - ... from a judgment, order or other proceeding, taken against him through his mistake, inadvertence, surprise, or excusable neglect...
Page 3 - The proximate cause of an event must be understood to be that which, in a natural and continuous sequence, unbroken by any new cause, produces that event, and without which that event would not have occurred.
Page 314 - If the county designated for that purpose in the complaint, be not the proper county, the action may, notwithstanding, be tried therein, unless the defendant, before the time for answering expire, demand in writing, that the trial be had in the proper county...