Legal Opinion
Rigney v. W. R. Keesee & Co.
West Virginia Supreme Court
Decided September 20, 1927No. 5906PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Hatcher, President:
This is an action of libel in which the plaintiff recovered a judgment of $2500.00 in the Circuit Court of Mercer County.
The defendant company is a dealer in Dodge Automobiles, its territory embracing Mercer County. Defendant H. X. Morton is its treasurer. It has a contract with W. W. Harloe and E. Caey, trading as W. W. Harloe and Company, by which they sell automobiles for it at Matoaka. It has an agent C. E. Cumbie, who sells automobiles for it in Bram-well. The plaintiff was an employe of Harloe & Company.
Sometime before May, 1926, the defendant company wrote to Cacy,…
2Cases cited7 opinions
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- Ward v. WardWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1900
- Strode v. ClementSupreme Court of Virginia · 1894
- Tyree v. HarrisonSupreme Court of Virginia · 1902
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