Sutherland v. Guthrie
West Virginia Supreme Court
Certified Questions from Circuit Court, Kanawha County. Assumpsit by John C. Sutherland and others against W. M. Guthrie. Demurrer to plea in abatement sustained, and case certified to Supreme Court of Appeals on questions framed.
1Opinion of the Court
Lynch, Judge:
In assumpsit to recover commissions averred in the declaration to be due plaintiffs on an alleged real estate broker’s contract to sell land, described as an option to sell, the defendant demurred to the declaration and to each of its two counts and tendered and was permitted to file what he terms a plea in abatement of the action, to which plaintiffs demurred and moved to strike it from the record; and the court, having ruled adversely to the defendant upon each demurrer and upon the motion, certified to this court, presumably under the authority of § 1, Ch. 135, Code, as…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Whitley v. Booker Brick Co.Supreme Court of Virginia · 1912
3Cited by10 opinions
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- Huntington Engineering Co. v. GallaherWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1926
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