Stockton v. Farley
West Virginia Supreme Court
.Charles F. Stockton instituted an action of debt, on the 4th day of April, 1.874, in tbe circuit court of Kana-wha county, against Fannie J. Farley, who filed a plea of “ coverture ” to the action. The plaintiff demurred to the said plea and the court sustained the demurrer, and directed that said plea be stricken from the record, and rendered judgment in favor of the plain tiff against the defendant for the debt in the declaration mentioned.
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.Charles F. Stockton instituted an action of debt, on the 4th day of April, 1.874, in tbe circuit court of Kana-wha county, against Fannie J. Farley, who filed a plea of “ coverture ” to the action. The plaintiff demurred to the said plea and the court sustained the demurrer, and directed that said plea be stricken from the record, and rendered judgment in favor of the plain tiff against the defendant for the debt in the declaration mentioned. A writ of error and supersedeas to said judgment was awarded upon the petition of the defendant. The Hon. Joseph Smith, Judge of the seventh judicial…
1Opinion of the Court
GREEN, PRESIDENT i
This was an action of debt brought on April 4, 1874, in the circuit court of Kanawha, by Charles P. Stockton against Fannie J. Farley upon a promissory note for $150, dated September 1,1873, and payable six months after date, executéd by the defendant to the plaintiff. *173The declaration was in the usual form. The defendant filed at the first rule day after the declaration was filed the following plea:
Fannie J. Farley vs. Charles F. Stockton.
And the said Fannie J. Farley, by her attorney, comes, and says that at the time of the making of the note in the plaintiff's declaration…
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