Hopkins v. Baltimore & O. R.
West Virginia Supreme Court
cited Code, c. 50, ss. 164, 169, 170, 172; 31 W. Ya. 366; 35 W. Ya. 328, 332; 14 How. Pr. 380; 86 Ya. 232; Freem. Judg. § 117.
1Opinion of the Court
Brannon, Judge:
William Hopkins brought a suit against the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company before a justice, and obtained judgment, and the railroad company appealed to the circuit court. In the circuit court the company moved to quash the summons, and the return of service of it, and the motion was sustained. The only basis suggested for this motion is that the constable’s return, showing service on an agent of the company at one of its stations, failed to show that he' resided in the county in which the service was. This would invalidate the return and the judgment on it. Taylor v.…
2Cases cited7 opinions
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- Taylor v. Ohio River R'y Co.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1891
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