Hale v. West Virginia Oil & Oil Land Co.
West Virginia Supreme Court
Supersedeas, granted upon the petition of the defendant below, to a judgment oí the circuit court of the county of Ritchie, rendered on the 20th day of October 1875, in an action at law then pending in said court, in which W. E. Hale, was plaintiff, and the West Virginia Oil and Oil Land Company, was defendant. The facts are sufficiently stated in the opinion of the Court. The Hon. James Monroe Jackson, Judge of the. fifth judicial circuit, rendered the judgment below.
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Supersedeas, granted upon the petition of the defendant below, to a judgment oí the circuit court of the county of Ritchie, rendered on the 20th day of October 1875, in an action at law then pending in said court, in which W. E. Hale, was plaintiff, and the West Virginia Oil and Oil Land Company, was defendant. The facts are sufficiently stated in the opinion of the Court. The Hon. James Monroe Jackson, Judge of the. fifth judicial circuit, rendered the judgment below. The holder of a note, transferred to him. after maturity, takes it subject to all the defenses and equities to which it was…
1Opinion of the CourtHaymoND, Judge
This is an action of assumpsit brought by the plaintiff against the defendant, in the circuit court of Ritchie cotinty. The action was commenced on the 6th day of January 1875. The declaration contains four special *233counts, and several of the common counts in assumpsit. The action seems to be founded upon a bill in these words to-wit:
“ $400.00 New Yoek, December 15,1873.
“ Four months after date, pay to the order of myself, four hundred dollars ($400.00) value received, and charge the same to the account of your obedient servant.
James M. LemoN.
To West Virginia Oil and Oil Land Co., Petroleum,…
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