Legal Opinion

Union Trust Co. v. McClellan

West Virginia Supreme Court

Decided April 3, 1895PublishedCited by 45 opinions

cited 1 Par. Bills. & N. 188; 2 Par. Bills & N. 105; Smith. Transí. Neg. Pa. 7; 28 W. Va. 833; 35 TV. Va. 391; 13 W. Va. 261; 35 W. Va. 260; 1 Par, Bill & N. 501; 23 TV. Va. 90, 97; 21 TV. Va. 455; 10 W. Va. 662; 12 W. Va. 772, 611. ' cited 1 G-reenl. Ev. § 82; 27 TV. Va. 17; 83 Pa. St. 248, 372; 106 Pa. St. 170,173; 118 Pa. St 565; 151 Pa. St. 228, 229; 26 Atl. Rep. 186; 3 Am. & Eng. Enc. Law 542; Code, o. 13, s. 14; 14 Sup. Ot. Rep. 816; 31 W. Va. 662; 24 TV.

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1Opinion of the Court

Dent, Judge-:

A suit brought by the'Union Trust Company against J. L, McClellan on a certain promissory note, in tlie.Circuit Court of Mercer county, resulted on the ^4th day of February, 1894, in a judgment for the defendant, from which'the plaintiff ‘obtained a writ of error, and here relies on the following prolix and argumentative assignment, to wit: “First. The court erred in, permitting the defendant to read as evidence to the jury the deposition of Wm. B. Reed, over the objections of the plaintiff. This deposition was wholly immaterial and irrelevant. This suit was brought upon a note…

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3Cited by45 opinions

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