Legal Opinion

Hall v. Taylor

West Virginia Supreme Court

Decided November 12, 1881PublishedCited by 6 opinions

Appeal from and supersedeas to a decree of the circuit court of the county of Ritchie, rendered on the 26th day of October, 1877, in a cause in said court then pending, wherein Cyrus Hall and William Patton were plaintiffs, and James Taylor and others were defendants, allowed upon the petition of said plaintiffs., Hon. James M. Jackson, judge of the fifth 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 Ritchie, rendered on the 26th day of October, 1877, in a cause in said court then pending, wherein Cyrus Hall and William Patton were plaintiffs, and James Taylor and others were defendants, allowed upon the petition of said plaintiffs., Hon. James M. Jackson, judge of the fifth judicial circuit, rendered the decree appealed from. Green, Judge, furnishes the following statement of the case: On December 6, Í.867, Cyrus Hall and William M. Patton presented to George Loomis, judge of the then sixth judicial circuit,…

1Judgment of the CourtGreen, Judge

The first error committed in this cause was in the awarding of the injunction by the judge in vacation on December 6, 1867. The bill sought to enjoin the collection by the sheriff or the parties of an execution against the plaintiffs on a certain judgment, on which a former execution had issued; and in it the plaintiffs allege, that “the whole amount of the judgment and former execution, interest and costs have been long since paid by your orators to said Taylor” (the sheriff) “and that said Lambert” (the plaintiff in the former execution) “has been paid by said Taylor.” If this were the…

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  4. Paine v. TutwilerSupreme Court of Virginia · 1876
  5. Paine v. TutwilerSupreme Court of Virginia · 1876

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