State Supreme Court / W. Va.

Sims v. Fisher

Decided March 26, 1943. Jo N. Kenna wrote the opinion for the court.

25 S.E.2d 216 · Cited 52 times

Official text

We don’t host opinion text or publish a summary of this ruling — read the official public-domain text for the court’s holding and reasoning, and verify against the primary source.

Precedents cited

Decisions in our collection this opinion relies on, ordered by how often it cites each. Cases we publish link through; others open the full text.

King v. Mullins · 171 U.S. 404
Gelpcke v. Dubuque · 68 U.S. 175
Staud v. Sill · 171 S.E. 428
County Court of Raleigh County v. Painter · 15 S.E.2d 396
Watts v. State Road Commission · 185 S.E. 570
Norfolk & Western Railway Co. v. Board of Public Works · 21 S.E.2d 143

Cited by

Later opinions in our collection that cite this decision.

Application of Dailey · 465 S.E.2d 601
State Ex Rel. Davis v. Simmons · 64 S.E.2d 503
State v. Gray · 52 S.E.2d 759
State ex rel. Zickefoose v. West · 145 W. Va. 498
State Ex Rel. Richardson v. County Court of Kanawha County · 78 S.E.2d 569
State Ex Rel. West Virginia Citizens Action Group v. West Virginia Economic Development Grant Committee · 580 S.E.2d 869
State v. Davis · 83 S.E.2d 114
Campbell Brown & Co. v. ELKING · 93 S.E.2d 248
State v. West · 116 S.E.2d 398
State v. Huber · 40 S.E.2d 11
Meisel v. Tri-State Airport Authority · 64 S.E.2d 32
Walter Butler Building Company v. Soto · 97 S.E.2d 275
State v. Blevins · 48 S.E.2d 174
State Ex Rel. McMillion v. Stahl · 89 S.E.2d 693
State Ex Rel. Barker v. Manchin · 279 S.E.2d 622
State Ex Rel. West Virginia Housing Development Fund v. Copenhaver · 171 S.E.2d 545
State Ex Rel. County Court of Marion County v. Demus · 135 S.E.2d 352
Louk v. Cormier · 622 S.E.2d 788
State Ex Rel. State Building Commission v. Bailey · 150 S.E.2d 449
Queen v. West Virginia University Hospitals, Inc. · 365 S.E.2d 375
State Ex Rel. Dyer v. Sims · 58 S.E.2d 766
In Re Dostert · 324 S.E.2d 402
City of Charleston v. Southeastern Construction Co. · 134 W. Va. 666
Wiseman v. Calvert · 59 S.E.2d 445
West Virginia Department of Energy v. Hobet Mining & Construction Co. · 358 S.E.2d 823

Explore from here

Jo N. Kenna’s Judicial Record · W. Va. · How we source opinions

Source: opinion metadata, authorship, and citation counts from the Free Law Project’s CourtListener bulk data (public domain). Data last verified 2026-07-09. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).