Urton v. Hunter, Harris & Co.
West Virginia Supreme Court
Alfred Urton brought An action ®f debt, on. the 13th clay of October., 1853, in the circuit court of Nicholas county., against James Hunter, Thomas P. Harris and John McCullough, partners under the firm and style of Hunter, Harris $■ Co., to recover the sum of 618 dollars and 18 cents, and 2 dollars cost of pretest. The writ was executed on Harris alone, the others being' returned as no inhabitants.
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Alfred Urton brought An action ®f debt, on. the 13th clay of October., 1853, in the circuit court of Nicholas county., against James Hunter, Thomas P. Harris and John McCullough, partners under the firm and style of Hunter, Harris $■ Co., to recover the sum of 618 dollars and 18 cents, and 2 dollars cost of pretest. The writ was executed on Harris alone, the others being' returned as no inhabitants. The declaration alleged that the parties before named composed a firm under the style above mentioned, and that on the 24th day of January, 1850, at Cumberland {Maryland), they made their certain…
1Opinion of the Court
Brown, President.
This is a supersedeas to a judgment of the circuit court of Nicholas county rendered in 1858.
It was an action of debt by the plaintiff, Urton, who is also plaintiff in error, against James Hunter, Thomas G, Harris, and John McCullough as partners under the style of Hunter, Harris & Co.
The plaintiff in his declaration counted ppon a promissory note alleged to have been executed by the defendants aforesaid, by their said firm name of Hunter, Harris & Co, Harris only was sei’ved with the procees, and was alone before the court at the trial. He pleaded the plea of nil debet, with…
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