Payne v. Riggs
West Virginia Supreme Court
Error to Circuit Court, Kanawha County. Distress proceeding by J. M. Payne against the Scott Motor Car Company, in which H. L. Riggs filed a claim and gave a forthcoming bond, and in which, after he failed to have the property forthcoming, plaintiff moved for execution on. the bond.. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendants bring error.
1Opinion of the Court
Ritz, Judge:
The plaintiff, being the owner of a certain building situate in the city of Charleston which had been occupied by Scott Motor Car Company, sued out a distress warrant against said company for rent in arrears. Certain property found upon the premises was levied on under the distress warrant. The defendant Riggs claimed an interest in the property levied upon and gave a bond conditioned to have the property forthcoming at the time fixed for the sale thereof, by the officer making the levy. He did not have the property forthcoming at that time, and this proceeding, by way of motion…
2Cases cited13 opinions
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