Legal Opinion

Williams v. Burgess

West Virginia Supreme Court

Decided June 30, 1914PublishedCited by 10 opinions

Error to Circuit Court, Mercer County. Action by C. L. Williams, as receiver, etc., against R. L. Burgess and another, partners, etc. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendants bring error.

1Opinion of the Court

Williams, Judge:

C. L. Williams, receiver of the Fidelity Banking & Trust Company, recovered a judgment for $536.66 against R. L. and J. K. Burgess, and they were granted this writ of error.

The case was tried by the court in lieu of a jury upon the following state of facts as they appear by the record, viz: On the 11th September, 1911, C. L. Williams was appointed receiver for the Fidelity Banking & Trust Company. Plaintiffs in error then had on deposit in the bank $672.89. They had, on the 22nd May, previous, executed the note of the Burgess Electric Company, a partnership composed of…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Scott v. ArmstrongSupreme Court of the United States · 1892
  2. Fera v. . WickhamNew York Court of Appeals · 1892
  3. Balbach v. FrelinghuysenDistrict Court, D. New Jersey · 1883
  4. Hughitt v. . HayesNew York Court of Appeals · 1892
  5. Louis Snyders' Sons Co. v. ArmstrongU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern Ohio · 1888

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3Cited by10 opinions

  1. Ellerbe v. Studebaker Corporation of AmericaCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1927
  2. Upham v. BramwellOregon Supreme Court · 1922
  3. Hammond Pure Ice & Coal Co. v. HeitmanIndiana Supreme Court · 1943
  4. Schaeffer v. RudenSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1932
  5. Morrison v. Fayetteville Building & Loan Ass'nWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1933

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