Legal Opinion

Mineral Ridge Manufacturing Co. v. Smith

West Virginia Supreme Court

Decided March 6, 1917PublishedCited by 6 opinions

Error to Circuit Court,- Mason County. Action of assumpsit by the Mineral Ridge Manufacturing Company against A. E. Smith, doing business, etc. Judgment for defendant, and plaintiff brings error.

1Opinion of the Court

Williams, Judge:

Defendant seeks by this writ of error to reverse a judgment recovered against him in an action of assumpsit for breach of promise to pay a stipulated price for having his coal tipple equipped with certain machinery for screening, weighing and loading coal. The contract sued on was reduced to writing, and is in the form of a proposition. It was submitted to and accepted by defendant on the 20th of May, 1912. Defendant pleaded the general issue, gave notice of his purpose to re*737coup damages, and also filed two special pleas averring what the several parts of the machinery were…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Griffin v. RunnionWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1914

3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Franklin v. PenceWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1945
  2. Guyandotte Coal Co. v. Virginian Electric & Machine WorksWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1923
  3. Shaffer v. Calvert Fire InsuranceWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1950
  4. Jackson v. JacksonWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1919
  5. Braude & McDonnell, Inc. v. Isadore Cohen Co.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1921

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