Legal Opinion

Riley v. Jarvis

West Virginia Supreme Court

Decided December 19, 1896PublishedCited by 42 opinions

Error to Circuit Court Taylor county. Assumpsit by Oscar E. Riley against Claude B. Jarvis and another. There was a judgment for plaintiff, and defendants bring error.

1Opinion of the Court

BraNNON, Judge :

Oscar E. Riley brought assumpsit in the Taylor county Circuit Court, and, judgment having been rendered against the defendants, Claude B. Jarvis and Granville E. Jarvis, they bring the case here.

The defendants demurred to the declaration and each count, and the court sustained the demurrer and gave judgment upon such demurrer upon all the counts except the first, and overruled it as to that count. The first count is the ordinary -indebitatus assumpsit for goods, wares, and merchandise sold and delivered. The second is a special count, alleging that defendants and plaintiff…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. Hunt v. AdamsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1809
  2. Hunt v. AdamsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1810
  3. Abell v. Penn Mutual Life InsuranceWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1881
  4. Tobey v. County of BristolU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Massachusetts · 1845
  5. Robrecht v. Marling's Adm'rWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1887

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3Cited by42 opinions

  1. Board of Education v. W. Harley Miller, Inc.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1977
  2. BOARD OF ED., ETC. v. W. Harley Miller, Inc.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1975
  3. Turner v. StewartWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1902
  4. State ex rel. Barden & Robeson Corp. v. HillWest Virginia Supreme Court · 2000
  5. State v. McEldowneyWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1904

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