Lee's Ex'rs v. Virginia & Maryland Bridge Co.
West Virginia Supreme Court
Writ oí error and supersedeas to a judgment of the circuit court of the county of Jefferson, rendered on the 30th day of October, 1877, in an action in said court then pending, wherein E. I. Lee was plaintiff and the Virginia and Maryland Bridge Company was defendant, allowed upon the petition of said company. Hon. John B. Hoge, Judge of the third judicial circuit, rendered the judgments complained of.
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Writ oí error and supersedeas to a judgment of the circuit court of the county of Jefferson, rendered on the 30th day of October, 1877, in an action in said court then pending, wherein E. I. Lee was plaintiff and the Virginia and Maryland Bridge Company was defendant, allowed upon the petition of said company. Hon. John B. Hoge, Judge of the third judicial circuit, rendered the judgments complained of. PatTON, Judge, furnishes the following statement of the case : E. I. Lee brought an action of assumpsit in the circuit court of Jefferson county against The Virginia and Maryland Bridge-Company…
1Judgment of the CourtPattoN, Judge
Upon a demurrer to the evidence the rule as to the weight to be given to the evidence is well settled. The demurrant admits not only the truth of the facts proved, but also all that may be fairly inferred from those facts. 10 W. Va. 546.
The question raised by the evidence in this case is, whether J. H. Grove was acting as the agent of and by the authority of the Virginia and Maryland Bridge Company in bidding in the property, when it was offered for sale by the trustee acting under the decree of the oircuit court of Washington county, Maryland, in the suit of Blackford’s ex’rs v. The Virginia…
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