Stockton v. Craig
West Virginia Supreme Court
Appeal from Circuit Court, Mellólas County. Bill by Cliarlos Stockton and others against Janies S. Craig and others. Decree for defendants and plaintiffs appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
Dent, Judge:
Charles Stockton and others claiming to be the heirs at law and legal representatives of Aaron Stockton, John B. Clop-ton, Wm. E. Clopton, Zachariah Lewis and Sarah Ann E. Poster, appeal from a decree of the circuit court of Nicholas county, dismissing a bill of review filed by them for errors of law in a certain suit in chancery in said court finally determined, wherein they ivere plaintiffs and James S. Craig and others were defendants.
The two errors relied on are, first, that the court decided the original suit contrary to law; second, that the court refused to continue the…
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