163 W. Va. 733 - Blamble v. Harsh’s Empirical Analysis
1979
Citation profile
16 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 158 W. Va. 741 - Long v. City of Weirton · 147 W. Va. 825 - Walker v. Monongahela Power Company · 151 W. Va. 158 - Morgan v. Price · 160 W. Va. 599 - State Ex Rel. Ritchie v. Triplett · 158 W. Va. 146 - Marson Coal Co. v. Insurance Co. of Pennsylvania
Most-quoted passages
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““Secondly the appellants contend the trial court erred in failing to join the Department of Highways as an indispensable party. We disagree. The com plaint in the instant proceeding sought injunctive relief relating to the title to real property. W.Va.Code, 14-2-2(b). Had the State been made a party to the action it could have been prosecuted only in Kanawha County. State ex rel. Ritchie v. Triplett, 160 W.Va. 599 , 236 S.E.2d 474 (1977).” 4”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“It is the peculiar and exclusive province of the jury to weigh the evidence and resolve questions of fact when the testimony of witnesses regarding them is in conflict; and the finding of the jury on such facts will not be disturbed by this Court.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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