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MAYES v. UNION CARBIDE & CARBON CORPORATION

No. 10914.

101 S.E.2d 864 (1958)

Charles W. MAYES, Administrator, DBN, of Shirley Mayes, v. UNION CARBIDE & CARBON CORPORATION.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

Decided February 18, 1958.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Love & Abbot, Fayetteville, Gordon Billheimer, Montgomery, for plaintiff in error.

Mahan, White & Higgins, Fayetteville, for defendant in error.

GIVEN, Judge.

Plaintiff, Charles W. Mayes, as administrator of the estate of Shirley Mayes, instituted his action in the Circuit Court of Fayette County against defendant, Union Carbide & Carbon Corporation, for damages for the drowning of Shirley Mayes, alleged to have resulted from negligence of defendant. The circuit court sustained a demurrer to the declaration and dismissed the action.

The declaration is in three counts. The first count charges that...

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