Polsley & Son v. Anderson
West Virginia Supreme Court
An appeal from the judgment of the circuit court of Mason county rendered, upon the verdict of a jury, on the 30th day of May, 1871, in a suit at law, pending in said court, wherein Daniel Polsley and Daniel W. Pols-ley, partners in the practice of law, under the firm name of Polsley & Son were plaintiffs and, Lewis Anderson, defendant. ■ On the 23d day of December, 1870, the plaintiffs instituted an action of trespass on the case in assumpsit against the defendant and the…
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An appeal from the judgment of the circuit court of Mason county rendered, upon the verdict of a jury, on the 30th day of May, 1871, in a suit at law, pending in said court, wherein Daniel Polsley and Daniel W. Pols-ley, partners in the practice of law, under the firm name of Polsley & Son were plaintiffs and, Lewis Anderson, defendant. ■ On the 23d day of December, 1870, the plaintiffs instituted an action of trespass on the case in assumpsit against the defendant and the writ was returnable to the January rules then next following. At these rules the plaintiff filed his declaration. The…
1Opinion of the Court
Paule, Judge:
An action of assumpsit was brought by- the plaintiffs] D. Polsley & Son, who were attorneys at law, upon the following article of agreement, to-wit: “An article of agreement made and entered into between Lewis Anderson of. the first part, D. Polsley & Son, and W. H. Tomlinson of the second part, witnesseth: That the said Lewis Anderson has instituted a suit in equity in the circuit court of Mason county for the specific performance of a contract for fifty acres of land, entered into between the said Lewis Anderson and John Anderson, in his lifetime; said suit is against the heirs…
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