State v. Abbott
West Virginia Supreme Court
Error tó Circuit Court, Wood County. Action by the state, for the use of William Beard, special commissioner, against J. Herndon Abbott and others. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant, Citizens’ Trust & Guaranty-Company of West Virginia, brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
Beannon, Judge:
In the chancery suit of S. B. Baker v. D. R. Tappan in the circuit court of Wood county, J. Herndon Abbott was appointed as a special receiver to take charge of the Jackson Hotel in Parkersburg and continue the hotel business of the partnership of Baker and Tappan by running the business of the hotel. The suit was to settle the accounts of the partnership which had been formed between Baker and Tappan for the carrying on of the hotel business. The court required of Abbott a bond as special receiver, and Abbott gave a bond in which Citizens Trust and Guaranty Company of West…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Stovall v. BanksSupreme Court of the United States · 1871
- State v. NutterWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1898
- Washington Ice Co. v. WebsterSupreme Court of the United States · 1888
- Thurman v. MorganSupreme Court of Virginia · 1884
3Cited by10 opinions
- Thompson v. MannWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1909
- Central Banking & Security Co. v. United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1913
- Carr v. DavisWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1908
- Costello v. BridgesWashington Supreme Court · 1914
- State v. MyersWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1914
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