Pollock v. House & Hermann
West Virginia Supreme Court
Case Certified from Circuit Court, Ohio County. Action by Thomas Harvey Pollock and others) against House & Hermann. Demurrer to declaration sustained, and question as to correctness of the ruling certified.
1Opinion of the Court
Lynch, Judge:
The defendant, House & Hermann, a corporation, having, for some cause not disclosed, refused to pay rent for the use and enjoyment of real estate, due, according to allegations of the declaration, by the express stipulation of a written contract, plaintiffs brought this action to compel payment, and to their declaration defendant demurred assigning as the only ground of objection misjoinder of plaintiffs. Deeming 'the challenge sufficient, the circuit court sustained the demurrer and certified the case here to test the correctness of the ruling.
The plaintiff^ are Thomas Harvey…
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