Swing v. Bentley & Gerwig Furniture Co.
West Virginia Supreme Court
Error to Circuit Court, Wood County. Assumpsit by James B. Swing, trustee, against the Bentley & Gerwig Furniture Company. There was a judgment for defendant, and plaintiff brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
Dent, Judge:
On the 23d day of July, 1897, Janies B. Swing, trustee of the creditors and stockholders of the Union Mutual Fire Insurance Company of Cincinnati, Ohio, in the Circuit Court of Wood County instituted an action of assumpsit against the Bentley & Gerwig Furniture Company on the following note: “In consideration of the policy No. 1)067, dated the first day of October, 1888, we promise to pay the Union Mutual Fire Insurance Company of Cincinnati, Ohio, the sum of four hundred and sixty-four dollars and sixty cents ($464.60), by such installments and at such times as the directors of…
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