Henry v. Davis
West Virginia Supreme Court
Appeal, by Henry G. Davis, from a decree of the circuit court of Doddridge county rendered on the 3rd day of May, 1872, in a suit therein pending, wherein Eugene Henry was complainant and said Davis, Benjamin 'Wilson, T. K. Knight and Benjamin F. Martin, respondents. The material facts appear in the opinion of Pauli, Judge. The Hon. Chapman J. Stuart, judge of said circuit court, presided at the trial and hearing below.
1Opinion of the Court
Paull, Judge :
The following principles appear to have been decided by the court of appeals of Virginia, in regard to issues out of chancery:
*716First "When an issue is tried it is under the superintendence of-the court, which will prevent the introduction of improper testimony; and if the verdict be against evidence, the court will so certify, and the chancellor will not be satisfied with it. Plesant Shore & Co. v. Ross, 1 Wash., 156; Southall v. McKeand, Id., 336.
Second. It is matter of sound discretion whether the chancellor should direct the issue, or decide the questions of fact for himself;…
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