Legal Opinion

Miller v. White

West Virginia Supreme Court

Decided March 22, 1899PublishedCited by 23 opinions

Error to Circuit Court, Mason County. Action by D. M. Miller against Luther White. One Carney intervened, and issued a second attachment. From a judgment giving-preference to the attachment of Carney, Miller brings error.

1Opinion of the Court

Beannon, Judge:

This is a contest between two creditors of a common debtor tinder attachments on the same property. Miller brought assumpsit in the circuit court of Mason County againts White, and levied an attachment upon certain personal property; and later Carney brought a chancery suit in same court against White, and levied an attachment on the same property, and some days later filed another affidavit, and sued out and levied on the property another attachment, and then field a petition in the Miller action, under Code 1891, c. 106, s. 23, disputing the validity of Miller’s attachment,…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Cooper v. ReynoldsSupreme Court of the United States · 1870
  2. Wickham & Goshorn v. Lewis Martin & Co.Supreme Court of Virginia · 1856
  3. Ludlow v. RamseySupreme Court of the United States · 1871
  4. Hennequin v. . NaylorNew York Court of Appeals · 1861
  5. Stevens v. BrownWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1882

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3Cited by23 opinions

  1. Pettis v. JohnstonSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1920
  2. Orr v. CrowderWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1984
  3. Richards v. Riverside Iron WorksWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1904
  4. Caswell v. CaswellWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1919
  5. Smith's Adm'r v. Charlton's Adm'rSupreme Court of Virginia · 1851

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