Beckwith v. Mollohan
West Virginia Supreme Court
Charles Mollohan sued out of the clerk’s office of Wood countj'-, a writ of trespass on the case against Jonathan B. Beckwith, returnable to August rules, 1865. At the same rules he filed a declaration alleging in substance, that the defendant had served in the so-called Confederate army, and that with others had in 1861, in Kanawha county, with force and amis seized and laid hold of the plaintiff; and after having so arrested him, that defendant did by great force and…
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Charles Mollohan sued out of the clerk’s office of Wood countj'-, a writ of trespass on the case against Jonathan B. Beckwith, returnable to August rules, 1865. At the same rules he filed a declaration alleging in substance, that the defendant had served in the so-called Confederate army, and that with others had in 1861, in Kanawha county, with force and amis seized and laid hold of the plaintiff; and after having so arrested him, that defendant did by great force and violence tie his hands behind him with a tarred rope and forced him on board a steamboat, and kept him guarded with bayonets…
1Opinion of the CourtMaxwell, J.
This was an action brought by Charles Mollohan, the defendant here, in the circuit court of "Wood county, against Jonathan B. Beckwith to recover damages for a personal wrong. The writ is in trespass on the case and was returnable to August rules, 1865. On the return day of the process, the same having been returned executed, the said Mollohan filed in the clerk’s office of said court his declaration against the said Beckwith, and took a common order which was confirmed at the next rules. At the September term of the court following, the ease was on the docket when the defendant below…
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