Lynch v. West
West Virginia Supreme Court
, Error to Circuit Court, Roane County. Action by V. S. Lynch against E. H. West and others. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendants bring error.
1Opinion of the Court
Miller, Judge:
West and Short sued Lynch in assumpsit in the circuit court of Roane county, the writ and declaration laying the damages at $2500. The writ was tested November 28, 1905, returnable to the first Monday in December following, and was directed to the sheriff of Roane county. Lynch, the defendant, did not reside in Roane county, but in Upshur *572county, jurisdiction in Roane county being founded on the fact that the cause of action arose there. The defendant was not found in Roane county or served with process there; but the writ commencing- the suit was placed in the hands of E. W.…
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