Hall & Co. v. Lyons & Co.
West Virginia Supreme Court
Statement of the case by Geeen, Jud&ei The plaintiffs, J. A. Hall & Go., on September 16,1881, procured from a justice of Cabell county a summons against A. Lyons and W. A. Lyons, doing business as A’. Lyons & Co., to answer the plaintiffs for the recovery of money due them for merchandise, the amount of the demand being stated to be $187.21. The case was tried before the justice on October 1,1881; and the defendants appeared.
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Statement of the case by Geeen, Jud&ei The plaintiffs, J. A. Hall & Go., on September 16,1881, procured from a justice of Cabell county a summons against A. Lyons and W. A. Lyons, doing business as A’. Lyons & Co., to answer the plaintiffs for the recovery of money due them for merchandise, the amount of the demand being stated to be $187.21. The case was tried before the justice on October 1,1881; and the defendants appeared. After hearing the ■evidence and the arguments of counsel on both sides the justice rendered a judgment for the plaintiffs against the defendants for the whole of the…
1Opinion of the Court
Gneen, Judge :
The statement of this case shows, that the main controversy in the court below was about facts, though there were *416some legal questions involved. To determine these legal questions we must first state what facts were in our judgment proved by the conflicting evidence. A. Lyons & Oo., defendants below, plaintiffs in error, were a firm engaged in business at Pittsburg, Pennsylvania. In order to reach a correct conclusion in this case, it is important to determine definitely, who were the members of this firm. If W. A. Lyons was a member, there can be, as we shall presently see, no…
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