State Supreme Court / W. Va.

Walker v. Monongahela Power Company

Decided July 9, 1963. Fred H. Caplan wrote the opinion for the court.

131 S.E.2d 736 · Cited 127 times

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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.

Davis v. Pugh · 57 S.E.2d 9
Thrasher v. Amere Gas Utilities Co. · 75 S.E.2d 376
Slater v. United Fuel Gas Co. · 27 S.E.2d 436
Yuncke v. Welker · 36 S.E.2d 410
Overton v. Fields · 117 S.E.2d 598
Laslo v. Griffith · 102 S.E.2d 894
Franklin v. Pence · 36 S.E.2d 505
Frampton v. Consolidated Bus Lines, Inc. · 62 S.E.2d 126
Bragg v. C. I. Whitten Transfer Co. · 26 S.E.2d 217
Bower v. Brannon · 90 S.E.2d 342
Butcher v. Stull · 82 S.E.2d 278
Ware v. Hays · 195 S.E. 265
Elswick v. Charleston Transit Co. · 36 S.E.2d 419
Shaw v. Perfetti · 125 S.E.2d 778
Deitz v. County Court of Nicholas County · 8 S.E.2d 884
Keffer v. Logan Coca-Cola Bottling Works, Inc. · 93 S.E.2d 225
Queen v. Man Hospital, Inc. · 37 S.E.2d 443
Wilson v. Edwards · 77 S.E.2d 164

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