State ex rel. Crumbacker v. Seabright
West Virginia Supreme Court
Writ of error and supersedeas to a judgment of the municipal court of Wheeling, rendered on the 30th day of May, 1877, in an action of debt in said court then pending, wherein The State oí West Virginia for use of William Crumbacker was plaintiff, and Charles W. Sea-bright was defendant, allowed upon the petition of said Seabright. Hon. Gibson L. Cranmer, judge of the municipal court of Wheeling, rendered the judgment complained of.
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Writ of error and supersedeas to a judgment of the municipal court of Wheeling, rendered on the 30th day of May, 1877, in an action of debt in said court then pending, wherein The State oí West Virginia for use of William Crumbacker was plaintiff, and Charles W. Sea-bright was defendant, allowed upon the petition of said Seabright. Hon. Gibson L. Cranmer, judge of the municipal court of Wheeling, rendered the judgment complained of. Johnson, Judge, furnishes the following statement of the ease: At rules held in the clerk's office of the municipal court of Wheeling, in April, 1877, the…
1Opinion of the CourtJohnson, Judge
There being'no defect in the declaration pointed out, by the plaintiff in error, and none being perceived, - I think the demurrer was properly overruled by the court below.
The first and second bills of exceptions show no reason for reversing the judgment. In a case tried by a court Syllabus i. in lieu of a jury, it is not error in the court to hear illegal testimony; the court being fully competent to discard such evidence. Nutter v. Sydenstricker, 11 W. Na. 535.
Thé third bill of exceptions need not be. considered here, as the subject thereof is embraced in the fourth.
The fourth bill of…
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