Watts v. West Virginia Southern Railroad
West Virginia Supreme Court
Error to Circuit Court, Kanawha County. Action by Watts & Ashby against the West Virginia Southern Railroad Company. Judgment for plaintiffs, and defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
English, Judge:
This was an action of trespass on the case in assumpsit brought by C. C. Watts and W. L. Ashby, partners under the firm name of Watts & Ashby, against the West Virginia Southern Railroad Company in the circuit court of Kanawha County, to recover the sum of two thousand five hundred dollars due them for legal services as general counsel for the defendant from July 7, 1895, to March 7, 1897,'at one thousand five hundred dollars per year. On April 1, 1899, an opinion in this case was handed down in which I concurred. On petition of the plaintiffs a rehearing was granted, and a…
Also in this document: Concurrence.
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Rogers v. Hastings & Dakota Railway Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1875
- Fore v. ChandlerTexas Supreme Court · 1859
- Pierce v. ParkerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1876
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- Newman v. LeviWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1914
- Joy v. Ditto, Inc.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1933