Legal Opinion

Koen v. Fairmont Brewing Co.

West Virginia Supreme Court

Decided April 4, 1911PublishedCited by 13 opinions

Error to Circuit Court, Marion County. Action by O. N. ICoen against the Fairmont Brewing Company. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant brings error.

1Opinion of the Court

POEEENBARGER, JüDGE:

The Fairmont Brewing Company sued out this writ of error to review a judgment against it in an action of assumpsit for rent, alleged to be due the plaintiff Koen, under a written contract of lease of a certain room in the city of Mannington for saloon purposes. . ^

Befusal of the trial court to quash the summons-/for misde-scription therein of the action is the basis of the first assign*96ment of error, the mandate being to summon the defendant to answer the plaintiff “of a plea of In Assumpsit.” As this inaccuracy could not have misled the 'defendant the ■ motion was properly…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. Houston Ice & Brewing Co. v. KeenanTexas Supreme Court · 1905
  2. Burton & Co. v. HansfordWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1877
  3. Travis v. Peabody InsuranceWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1886
  4. Long v. CampbellWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1893
  5. Burgett v. LoebIndiana Court of Appeals · 1909

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3Cited by13 opinions

  1. Wright v. Standard Ultramarine and Color Co.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1955
  2. Wood & Brooks Co. v. D. E. Hewit Lumber Co.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1921
  3. Wood v. BartolinoNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1944
  4. Roberts v. Baltimore & Ohio RailroadWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1913
  5. Closterman v. LubinWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1933

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