Maupin v. Insurance Co.
West Virginia Supreme Court
Appeal from Circuit Court, Mason County. Action by C. W. Maupin against the Scottish Union and "National Insurance Company. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
Brannon, Judge:
C. W. Maupin sued the Scottish Union and national Insurance Company in the circuit court of Mason County, and recovered upon the verdict of a jury a judgment for $2,340, from which the company sued out a writ of error from this Court.
The defendant filed a plea in abatement of another suit' panding. The trial upon the merits under other pleas was had as if in ignorance of that plea in the case; no trial was had upon it in advance of the main trial, and this is assigned as error. The Code, chapter 125, section 21, gives leave, as a change from common law pleading, to plead in…
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- Crislip v. CainWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1882
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