Lawrence v. Montgomery Gas Co.
West Virginia Supreme Court
Appeal from Circuit Court, Kanawha County. Suit by A. C. Lawrence and others against the Montgomery Gas Company and others. Decree for complainants, and defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
MilleR, Judge:
On a former appeal in this canse from a decree appointing a special receiver of the property, an alleged contract which plaintiffs sought to have speifieally performed, and upon questions certified to us by the circuit court on the sufficiency of defendants’ answers, exceptions to which were interposed by plaintiffs, we were of opinion, on the prima facia case then presented, to affirm the decree below appointing the special receiver and to remand the cause for further proceedings. 84 W. Va. 382, 99 S. E. 496.
The bases of our former decision, as will appear from the opinion then…
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