Legal Opinion

Logie v. Black

West Virginia Supreme Court

Decided April 5, 1884PublishedCited by 16 opinions

GREEN, Judge, furnishes the following statement of the case: On August 30, 1878, James Logie brought an action of assumpsit in the circuit court of Jefferson county against G. ~W. Z. Black.

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GREEN, Judge, furnishes the following statement of the case: On August 30, 1878, James Logie brought an action of assumpsit in the circuit court of Jefferson county against G. ~W. Z. Black. The following is his declaration filed at the September rules, 187-: “Jeeeerson County, to-wit : “James Logie complains of G. W. Z. Black, who has been summoned, &c., of a plea of trespass on the case on promises, for that, whereas, the defendant, on the-day of August, 1878, was indebted to the plaintiff in one thousand dollars for the price of goods sold and delivered by the plaintiff to the defendant at…

1Opinion of the Court

Green, Judge:

The general character of this case as gathered from the numerous bills of exceptions, which set out merely what the evidence tended to prove, not what was proven, or even all that the evidence tended to prove, is, that on October 12, 1881, the plaintiff and defendant executed the paper,' which accompanied the^bill of particulars filed with the declaration, which was in assumpsit and contained nothing but the common counts. By this contract Black agreed to pay to Logie *15on each several claim.against the "United States, which he procured any person to put in the hands oí Black as a…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Setzer v. BealeWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1882
  2. Still v. HallNew York Supreme Court · 1838
  3. B. & O. R. R. v. BitnerWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1879

3Cited by16 opinions

  1. Amos v. StockertWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1899
  2. Walton v. Cherokee Colliery Co.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1911
  3. Ballengee v. WhitlockWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1953
  4. Clark's Cove Guano Co. v. ApplingWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1890
  5. Bank v. RalphsnyderWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1903

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