Legal Opinion

State Ex Rel. Mitros v. Morris

West Virginia Supreme Court

Decided December 8, 1931No. 7211PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

"Woods, Judge:

Arthur Mitros and Nick Polios, tenants of one Samuel Boiven, haying had a judgment rendered against them in an unlawful detainer action before H. B. Clay, a justice of Ka-nawha county, sitting for S. Y. Morris, a justice of said-county, now seek, by prohibition, to prohibit the execution of a writ of possession and an execution for damages for the property’s detention, on the grounds (1) that the justice had no jurisdiction over the matter in controversy; (2) that his judgment was conditional, and therefore void, and (3) that Code 1931, 50-1-14, does not authorize the…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Roberts v. Hickory Camp Coal & Coke Co.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1905
  2. Cunningham v. Birch River Lumber Co.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1921

3Cited by7 opinions

  1. State ex rel. Charlotton v. O'BrienWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1951
  2. Cooper v. MullenaxWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1943
  3. Lopinsky v. Preferred Realty Co.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1932
  4. Stutler v. CaseyWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1933
  5. State Ex Rel. Kendrick v. CottleWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1933

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