Lane v. Black
West Virginia Supreme Court
"Writ of error and supersedeas to a judgment of the circuit court of tlie county of Jefferson, rendered on the 17th day of June, 1881, in an action at law in said court then pending, wherein John G. Lane was plaintiff, and G. "W. Z. Black was defendant, allowed upon the petition of said Black. Hon. 0. J. Faulkner, jr., judge of the thirteenth judicial circuit, rendered the judgment complained of.
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"Writ of error and supersedeas to a judgment of the circuit court of tlie county of Jefferson, rendered on the 17th day of June, 1881, in an action at law in said court then pending, wherein John G. Lane was plaintiff, and G. "W. Z. Black was defendant, allowed upon the petition of said Black. Hon. 0. J. Faulkner, jr., judge of the thirteenth judicial circuit, rendered the judgment complained of. The facts of the case fully appear in the opinion of the Court. cited the following authorities: 2 Bob. Pr. 620, 621, 628; 18 E. L. & Eq. 522; 1 Chit. Plead. 820; Bcv. St. U. S. § 8477; 6 E. L. &Eq.…
1Opinion of the Court
Johnson, President,
announced the opinion of the Court:
This is an action on the case brought by John G. Lane, in February, 1878, in the circuit court of Jefferson county against G. W. Z. Black, laying his damages at one thousand dollars. The first count in the declaration, after stating the formal part, is as follows: “ For that, whereas, before and at the time of committing the grievances by the defendant as hereinafter next mentioned, the plaintiff was the holder and owner of a claim or demand against the United States for a large amount, to-wit, twenty-seven thousand one hundred pounds of…
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