Legal Opinion

Clay v. Alderson's Admr.

West Virginia Supreme Court

Decided April 28, 1877PublishedCited by 2 opinions

Supersedeas to a judgment of the circuit court of Greenbrier county, rendered on the 23d day of November, 1877, in an action of debt then pending in said court, wherein Thomas G. Clay was plaintiff, and Wallace Robinson, sheriff of Greenbrier county, and as such, administrator of Marcus Alderson, deceased, was defendant. The supersedeas was granted upon the petition of the plaintiff below.

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Supersedeas to a judgment of the circuit court of Greenbrier county, rendered on the 23d day of November, 1877, in an action of debt then pending in said court, wherein Thomas G. Clay was plaintiff, and Wallace Robinson, sheriff of Greenbrier county, and as such, administrator of Marcus Alderson, deceased, was defendant. The supersedeas was granted upon the petition of the plaintiff below. The case was once before in this court upon a superse-deas granted upon the petition of the defendant below. In the opinion of Haymond, J., may be found a sufficient statement of the case. The Hon. Homer A.…

1Opinion of the Court

HaymoNd, Judge :

This is an action of debt brought in the circuit court of Greenbrier county, by the plaintiff, against the defendant, in the year 1869. A final judgment was ren•dered in the cause in 1873, by the circuit court, in favor of the plaintiff against the defendant, for $686.25 debt, with interest from the 11th of June, 1873, till paid, and the costs of suit. This judgment was subsequently brought before this Court for review, by supersedeas, and this Court at the term thereof which commenced in January, 1874, reversed said judgment, set aside the verdict of the jury rendered in the…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Lemons v. StateWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1870
  2. Clay v. RobinsonWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1874
  3. Commonwealth v. HallWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1875

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Johnson v. BeeWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1919
  2. State v. KoontzWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1888

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