Legal Opinion

Pollock v. House & Hermann

West Virginia Supreme Court

Decided September 9, 1919PublishedCited by 5 opinions

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…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Rowe v. Shenandoah Pulp Co.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1896
  2. Knotts v. McGregorWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1900
  3. Henning v. FarnsworthWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1895
  4. Sandusky v. Oil Co.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1907
  5. Whelan v. ReillyWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1869

3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Bowen v. West Virginia Gas Corp.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1939
  2. Israel v. JonesWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1924
  3. Shaw v. Monongahela Railway Co.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1925
  4. Bond v. BondWest Virginia Supreme Court · 2003
  5. Raney v. RaneySupreme Court of Arkansas · 1978

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