Black v. Smith
West Virginia Supreme Court
Appeal from and supersedeas to a decree of the circuit court of Jefferson county, rendered on the 22d day of November, 1877, in a cause, in said court then pending, in which G. W. Z. Black was plaintiff, and C. F. Smith, and Edward Tearney, were defendants, allowed on the petition of said Black. Hon. John Blair Hoge, judge of the third judicial circuit, rendered the decree complained of.
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Appeal from and supersedeas to a decree of the circuit court of Jefferson county, rendered on the 22d day of November, 1877, in a cause, in said court then pending, in which G. W. Z. Black was plaintiff, and C. F. Smith, and Edward Tearney, were defendants, allowed on the petition of said Black. Hon. John Blair Hoge, judge of the third judicial circuit, rendered the decree complained of. The facts of the case are fully stated in the opinion of the Court. relied on the following authorities: Code of W. Va. p. 609, § 6 ; 3 Story on Const. § 1803; 1 Overt. (Tenn.) 266, 267; 4 Allen 145; 14 Pick.…
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