Case Name: JAMES HODGE vs. WEST VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS
Court: West Virginia Court of Claims
Jurisdiction: West Virginia
Decision Date: 1974-02-07
Citations: 10 Ct. Cl. 78
Docket Number: No. D-665
Parties: JAMES HODGE vs. WEST VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS
Judges: 
Reporter: Report of the West Virginia Court of Claims
Volume: 10
Pages: 78–78

Head Matter:
Opinion issued February 7, 1974
JAMES HODGE vs. WEST VIRGINIA DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS
(No. D-665)
Gregory W. Evers, Attorney at Law, Department of Highways for the respondent.

Opinion:
DUCKER, JUDGE:
Claimant, James Hodge, a resident of Alderson, West Virginia, alleges that on or about June 22, 1973 the respondent sprayed its right of way in the general area of claimant's vegetable garden with a herbicide known as Dupont Hyvar XL and on June 28th and 29th, 1973 it sprayed that right of way with a herbicide known as Herbicide 2-4D, and that in doing so various kinds of vegetables in claimant's garden wilted and died. The facts alleged by claimant are by stipulation of the parties admitted and the damages agreed upon as amounting to $162.20.
Accordingly, the Court, finding that the loss has been caused by the acts of the respondent and that the estimate of the loss is fair and reasonable, hereby awards the claimant the sum of $162.20.
Award of $162.20.