Piercy v. Hedrick
West Virginia Supreme Court
This case came from the seventh district court of appeals of Virginia, by operation of law. It arose in Greenbrier county in 1859. A sufficient statement of the material facts is made in the opinion of the Judge who delivered it. The following printed argument was submitted on behalf of the defendant in error : "Was the ease properly decided by the court below? I think it was.
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This case came from the seventh district court of appeals of Virginia, by operation of law. It arose in Greenbrier county in 1859. A sufficient statement of the material facts is made in the opinion of the Judge who delivered it. The following printed argument was submitted on behalf of the defendant in error : "Was the ease properly decided by the court below? I think it was. The only witness was John Piercy, jr. He was the agent of, and had been authorized by, his father, (one of the obli-gors), to settle a “certain controversy,” by giving “bonds” in the name of Andrew Piercy and John…
1Opinion of the CourtMaxwell, J.
This was an action of debt in the circuit court of Greenbrier county in the name of Henry Hedrick’s use, &c., to recover from George Piercy, executor of the last will and testament of Jolm.Piercy, Sr., deceased, the sum of 100 dollars with interest, the amount of a promissory note which the declaration charges was made by the said John Piercy, deceased, and one Andrew Piercy, in the lifetime of the said John Piercy, deceased. The pleadings were a plea of payment, nil debit and a plea denying the execution of the note bj* the said John Piercy in his life-time, the last named plea being…
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