Hayhurst v. J. Kenny Transfer Co.

Maxwell, Judge:

Defendant is aggrieved by an adverse judgment of the circuit court of Brooke county rendered upon a directed verdict in favor of plaintiff for $400.00.

The controlling question is procedural and narrow. The action was instituted against J. Kenny Transfer Company, a corporation, defendant. In the praecipe, summons and declaration this corporation appears as the defendant. Service of summons was accepted on behalf of the corporation by an attorney who styled himself “Counsel of record for the defendant J. Kenny Transfer Company, a corporation.” A plea of not guilty was interposed…