Moore v. Johnson
West Virginia Supreme Court
Green, Judge, furnishes the following statement of theease: Thankful Johnson and Benjamin Johnson on November 3, 1883, presented to this Court their petition asking an appeal from a final decree of the circuit court of Wetzel county, made on the 18th day of October, 1880, in a cause, wherein John Moore and Wilford Moore were complainants, and Thaukful Johnson and Benjamin Johnson were defendants. The appeal prayed for was granted on November 3, 1883, by this Court.
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Green, Judge, furnishes the following statement of theease: Thankful Johnson and Benjamin Johnson on November 3, 1883, presented to this Court their petition asking an appeal from a final decree of the circuit court of Wetzel county, made on the 18th day of October, 1880, in a cause, wherein John Moore and Wilford Moore were complainants, and Thaukful Johnson and Benjamin Johnson were defendants. The appeal prayed for was granted on November 3, 1883, by this Court. The decree so appealed from was simply a decree continuing a sale made by certain commissioners of sale under a decree made at…
1Opinion of the Court
Green, Judge:
"When a petition for an appeal is presented to this Court, it is examined by one of the members of the Court, and, if he thinks the appeal should be granted, an order is made *551by this Court granting such appeal, the other members of the' Court not examining the record. But if the judge, who examines the record, thinks that the appeal should not be granted, he hands the record to each of the other judges of this Court in succession; and if any one of them is of' opinion, that the appeal should be granted, an order of the Court is made granting the appeal. If all the judges are of…
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