West Virginia Court of Claims, 1945

Hughart v. State Road Commission

Hughart v. State Road Commission
West Virginia Court of Claims · Decided February 1, 1945 · Kunst
3 Ct. Cl. 58
Hughart v. State Road Commission

Opinion of the Court

G. H. A. KUNST, Judge.

At seven-thirty o'clock on November 3, 1944, when a truck, No. 130-94, owned by respondent and an automobile owned by claimant, had stopped at a railroad crossing at Bigley *59avenue, in Charleston, West Virginia, awaiting the passing of a train, the driver of the state truck negligently backed the truck into the front of the automobile, causing damage to it, which cost $32.13 to repair and for which amount claim is made. Respondent recommends and the attorney general approves its payment.

An award of thirty-two dollars and thirteen cents ($32.13) is made to claimant.

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