Hawkins v. Wilson
West Virginia Supreme Court
On tbe 23rd day of January, 1864, Hezekiah Hawkins sued out of the office of the clerk of the circuit court of Monon-galia county, a summons of unlawful detainer, directed to the sheriff of that county, commanding him to summon John M. Wilson to appear before the judge of the circuit court of said county, on the second day of the February term next ensuing, to answer the plaintiff of a plea that the defendant, Wilson, unlawfully detained from the plaintiff" the possession of…
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On tbe 23rd day of January, 1864, Hezekiah Hawkins sued out of the office of the clerk of the circuit court of Monon-galia county, a summons of unlawful detainer, directed to the sheriff of that county, commanding him to summon John M. Wilson to appear before the judge of the circuit court of said county, on the second day of the February term next ensuing, to answer the plaintiff of a plea that the defendant, Wilson, unlawfully detained from the plaintiff" the possession of a certain house and its appurtenances, in Monongalia county, State of West Virginia, being the same purchased by said…
1Opinion of the CourtBrown, J.
This was an action of unlawful detainer, brought by Ilezokiali Hawkins, the defendant in error, against John M. "Wilson, the plaintiff in error, in the circuit court of Monongalia county, in which there was a verdict and judgment for the defendant in error. To that judgment a supersedeas was allowed by a judge of this court.
At the trial in the court below, the defendant there moved to cpiash the summons instituting the suit, which motion the court overruled. The plaintiff below, after proving its execution, offered in evidence a title bond from the defendant, Wilson, to himself, embracing the…
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