Tower v. Whip
West Virginia Supreme Court
Error from Circuit Court, Mineral County. Action by M. C. Totten against Sandford Whip. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant brings error. On death of both parties, personal representatives were substituted, to-wit, E. E. Tower as plaintiff, and E. J. Whip as defendant.
1Opinion of the Court
BraNNON, Judge :
This was an action of debt tried before a special judge, on a negotiable note in the circuit court of Mineral county, brought by M. C. Totten against Sandford Whip, resulting in a verdict and judgment for the defendant, from which he has sued out a writ of error.
The defendant pleaded nil debet and filed a plea No. 3 saying that “he did not make or sign the notes sued on,” which were verified by affidavit. The defendant also filed two special pleas, Nos. 2 and 4, to the effect that, a person unknown to Whip, pretending to be a dealer in land and a purchaser of farms, came to…
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