Legal Opinion

Harris v. Hauser

West Virginia Supreme Court

Decided September 26, 1885PublishedCited by 9 opinions

GreeN, Judge, furnishes the following statement of the case: Thomas A. Harris owned a tract of land in Ritchie county on the Parkersburg branch of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad and on September 7, 1882, he entered into the following contract with J. M. Hauser in reference to timber on -said land : “ This contract, made on September 7,1882, between Thomas A. Harris, of the city of Parkersburg, county of Wood, and State of West Virginia of the first part, and J. M. Hauser, of…

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GreeN, Judge, furnishes the following statement of the case: Thomas A. Harris owned a tract of land in Ritchie county on the Parkersburg branch of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad and on September 7, 1882, he entered into the following contract with J. M. Hauser in reference to timber on -said land : “ This contract, made on September 7,1882, between Thomas A. Harris, of the city of Parkersburg, county of Wood, and State of West Virginia of the first part, and J. M. Hauser, of Thornton, Taylor county, and State aforesaid, of the second part, witnesseth : “ That in consideration of the payments…

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Green, Judge:

The statement of this case shows the character of the controversy involved in the cause ; and it also shows, that the court below has entered no final decree in the cause, nor *601adjudicated any one principle involved in the cause, nor dissolved nor refused to dissolve the injunction, which has been awarded, nor entered any decree requiring money to be paid or real estate to be sold. There can therefore be no pretence for this Court to take jurisdiction to review any action, which the court below has taken, as none of these actions of the court below can possibly constitute a ground…

2Cited by9 opinions

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  2. Highland v. DavisWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1937
  3. Robrecht v. RobrechtWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1899
  4. Nuzum v. NuzumWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1915
  5. Hutton v. LockridgeWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1886

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