Humphreys v. Patton
West Virginia Supreme Court
Appeal from and supersedeas to a decree of tlie circuit court of tlie county of Monroe, rendered on tlie 13tli day or October, 1816, iu a cause in said court then pending, wherein A. E. Humphreys was plaintiff and James P. Patton and others were defendants, allowed upon the petition of said defendants. Hon. Homer A. Holt, judge of the eighth judicial circuit, rendered the decree appealed from.
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Appeal from and supersedeas to a decree of tlie circuit court of tlie county of Monroe, rendered on tlie 13tli day or October, 1816, iu a cause in said court then pending, wherein A. E. Humphreys was plaintiff and James P. Patton and others were defendants, allowed upon the petition of said defendants. Hon. Homer A. Holt, judge of the eighth judicial circuit, rendered the decree appealed from. The facts of the case-are stated in the opinion of the Court. cited the following authorities: Hil. Tax, 421; 8 Mich. 132; Hil. Tax, 16, 17; 2 Abb. L. Diet. 539, 540; Hil. Tax. 17, 18. cited the…
1Opinion of the Court
Johnson, President,
announced the opinion of the Court:
In September, 1875, Alexander E. Humphreys filed a bill of injunction in. the circuit court of Monroe county alleging, that he was assessed in the county of Monroe, with over six hundred dollars for State, county and district taxes for the year 1873 and over four hundred dollars for the year 1874; that tax-ticlcets for said years and for said amounts were placed in the hands of S. A. Clark, late sheriff ot said county, for collection; that in July, 1875, said Clark died; that dur*221ing the years, in which said tax-tickets came into the hands…
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