Legal Opinion

City of Wheeling v. Hawley

West Virginia Supreme Court

Decided November 5, 1881PublishedCited by 13 opinions

Writ of error and supersedeas to a judgment of the municipal court of Wheeling, rendered .on the 20th day of January, 1881, in an action in said court then pending, wherein the city of Wheeling was plaintiff and James L. Hawley was defendant, allowed upon the petition of said Hawley. Hon. G. L. Cranmer, judge of the municipal court of Wheeling, rendered the judgment complained of.

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Writ of error and supersedeas to a judgment of the municipal court of Wheeling, rendered .on the 20th day of January, 1881, in an action in said court then pending, wherein the city of Wheeling was plaintiff and James L. Hawley was defendant, allowed upon the petition of said Hawley. Hon. G. L. Cranmer, judge of the municipal court of Wheeling, rendered the judgment complained of. The facts of the case fully appear in the opinion of the court: cited the following authorities: Cooley on Taxation 300; Id. 529 ; Id. 209; 3 Gratt. 645; Dill. Corp. §§ 605, 606; Acts 1865 p. 62; 2 Kelly Rev. Stat.…

1Judgment of the CourtPattok, Judge

The city of Wheeling, a municipal corporation of the State of West Virginia, brought suit in the municipal court of Wheeling against James L. Hawley, to recover taxes claimed to be due it upon personal property belonging to said Haw-ley. The facts were agreed upon ; and the case was submitted to the court in lieu of a jury. The court rendered judgment against the defendant for the sum of $373.06 with interest thereon from the 20th day of January, 1881, the date of the rendition of said judgment. Prom this judgment the defendant obtained a writ of error and supersedeas to this Court.

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