Craig v. McCulloch
West Virginia Supreme Court
Appeal from and supersedeas to a decree of the judge of the circuit court of the county of Mason, rendered in vacation on the 6th day of July, 1881, in a cause in said court then pending, wherein George W. Craig was plaintiff, and John McCulloch and James IT. Couch were defendants, allowed upon the petition of said Craig. Hon. F. A. Guthrie, judge of the seventh judicial circuit, rendered the decree appealed from.
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Appeal from and supersedeas to a decree of the judge of the circuit court of the county of Mason, rendered in vacation on the 6th day of July, 1881, in a cause in said court then pending, wherein George W. Craig was plaintiff, and John McCulloch and James IT. Couch were defendants, allowed upon the petition of said Craig. Hon. F. A. Guthrie, judge of the seventh judicial circuit, rendered the decree appealed from. The facts of the case appear in the opinion of the Court, 1. The defendants refused to obey the order of injunction in this case. This is a contempt. 2. A party in contempt cannot…
1Judgment of the CourtSnydeb, Judge
Court:
In consideration of lands in Mason county conveyed by "William Langley and others to G. W.- Craig, the said Craig executed .to said Langley and others, his four bonds, each for one thousand-dollars, dated June 7, 1851, and payable four years -after date. When said bonds became due, .on the 7th 'June, 1855, John McCulloch, at the request of said Craig, paid to the holders thereof- four thousand dollars and said bonds were delivered to him. McCulloch being then the owner of said bonds, Craig on the 7th June,-1856, paid to him one hundred dollars and executed to him his note of that date…
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