Legal Opinion

Welty v. County Court of Barbour County

West Virginia Supreme Court

Decided April 15, 1899PublishedCited by 3 opinions

Error to Circuit Court, Barbour County. Action by Sebastian Welty against the county court of Barbour County. Judgment for plaintiff. Defendant brings error.

1Opinion of the Court

.English, Judge:

The county court of Barbour County, in pursuance of the provisions of section 24, chapter 39, of the Code, caused a vote to be taken upon the question as to whether Valley district should subscribe to the capital stock of ¡the Grafton & Greenbrier Ilailroad Company; and, it appearing from the returns of the election that more than three-ñfths of the votes cast were in favor of said subscription, on April 8, 1896, the county court authorized and ordered Luther C. Elliott, who was appointed agent on behalf of said district, to subscribe for twenty-five shares of said capital…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Neale v. County Court of Wood CountyWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1897
  2. Kline v. McLainWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1889
  3. Fisher v. Mayor of CharlestonWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1881
  4. Ratliff v. County CourtWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1889
  5. Ratliffe v. County Court of Wayne CountyWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1892

3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Eureka Pipe Line Co. v. RiggsWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1914
  2. Rose v. O'BrienWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1917
  3. State ex rel. Old National Bank of Martinsburg v. City of PhilippiWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1917

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