Legal Opinion

Hartley v. Roffe

West Virginia Supreme Court

Decided March 30, 1878PublishedCited by 17 opinions

An appeal granted upon the petition of Charles L. Rofie, from decrees of the circuit court of the county of Cabell, rendered in a chancery cause in-said court, wherein K,. H. Hartley & Co. and others were plaintiffs, and said Charles L. Koffe was defendant. A sufficient statement of the case is given in the opinion of the Court.

1Opinion of the CourtHaymond, Judge

In March, 1869, the plaintiffs filed their bill, in the clerk’s office of the circuit court of Cabell county, against the defendant, to subject the lands of the defendant to *403the payment of a judgment at law, in favor of the plaintiffs against the defendant, for the sum of $271.47, with' interest thereon from the 25th- day of June, 1861, and costs-of suit. The bill is in form, what is called a creditors5 bill, and asks that creditors be convened and an account taken of their debts, and the lands of defendant be sold to pay his debts, including the plaintiff’s debts} &c. The bill also avers,…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Kable v. MitchellWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1876
  2. Davis v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1861
  3. Baker v. Western Mining & Manufacturing Co.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1873

3Cited by17 opinions

  1. Marling v. RobrechtWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1878
  2. Moran v. ClarkWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1887
  3. Childers v. LoudinWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1902
  4. Childs v. HurdWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1885
  5. Beaty v. VeonWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1881

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