Pack v. Hansbarger
West Virginia Supreme Court
Appeal from and supersedeas to a decree of the circuit court of the county of Monroe, rendered on the 17th day of May, 1878, in a cause in said court then pending, wherein Augustus Pack was plaintiff and A. A. Hansbarger and others were defendants, allowed upon the petition of R. J. Crebbs and H. M. Piles. Hon. Homer A. Holt, judge of the eighth judicial circuit, rendered the decree appealed from.
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Appeal from and supersedeas to a decree of the circuit court of the county of Monroe, rendered on the 17th day of May, 1878, in a cause in said court then pending, wherein Augustus Pack was plaintiff and A. A. Hansbarger and others were defendants, allowed upon the petition of R. J. Crebbs and H. M. Piles. Hon. Homer A. Holt, judge of the eighth judicial circuit, rendered the decree appealed from. HaymONu, Judge, furnishes the following statement of the case: On the 19th day of March, 1875, the plaintiff brought his suit in equity on the chancery side of the-circuit court of the county of…
1Judgment of the CourtHaymond, Judge
The question presented for determination in this cause is both interesting and important. In order to arrive at a satisfactory solution of the question of law arising in this ease it is proper to consult the statutes of Virginia and of this State tor years back bearing upon the question involved, as well as the decisions of the courts touching the same. I deem it unnecessary to go further back in my examination of the statutes than to the Revised'Code of Virginia of 1819.
The statute of 1819 chapter 99 of Revised Code of 1819, in the 1st, 2d, 3d and 4th sections thereof is as follows:
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