Mattingly v. Sutton
West Virginia Supreme Court
Appeal from and supersedeas to a decree of the circuit court of the county of Wood, pronounced on the 13th day of April, 1878, in a cause in said court then pending wherein William H. Mattingly was plaintiff, and Hiratn Sutton and J. G. Mc-Luer were defendants, allowed on petition of said Mattingly. fíon. C, C. Cole special judge pronounced the decree appealed from.
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Appeal from and supersedeas to a decree of the circuit court of the county of Wood, pronounced on the 13th day of April, 1878, in a cause in said court then pending wherein William H. Mattingly was plaintiff, and Hiratn Sutton and J. G. Mc-Luer were defendants, allowed on petition of said Mattingly. fíon. C, C. Cole special judge pronounced the decree appealed from. Haymond, Judge, furnishes the following statement of the case : This is a bill of injunction filed in the circuit court of Wood county. The plaintitf alleges, that one T. R. Barrett obtained a judgment against the defendant,…
1Judgment of the CourtHaymoND, Judge
A case of the application of the remedial justice of courts of equity is by bill quia timet in cases of sureties of debtors and others. If a surety, after the debt has become due, has any apprehension of loss or injury from the delay of the creditor to enforce the debt against the principal debtor, he may file a bill of this sort to compel the debtor to discharge the debt or other obligation, for which the surety is responsible. 2 Story Eq. Jur. §§ 730, 849. The insolvency of one of the parties is a ground, upon which a bill may sometimes be maintained for a set-off, when it clearly appears,…
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