Wustland v. Potterfield
West Virginia Supreme Court
Supersedeas to a judgment of the circuit court of Jefferson county, rendered on the fifteenth of April, 1874, in a suit therein, pending, in which Henry Wustland, defendant in error, was plaintiff, and T. W. Potterfield and others, plaintiffs in error, were defendants. The facts of the case appear in the opinion of Moore, Judge. Hon. John Blair Hoge, Judge of said circuit court, presided at the trial below.
1Opinion of the Court
Moore, Judge :
In an action of trespass, in the circuit court of Jefferson county, instituted by Wustland against the defendants, for unlawfully, and with force and arms, taking and carrying away divers goods and chattels of the plaintiff, and converting the same to the defendants’ use, the plaintiff obtained j udgment, upon verdict of the jury on the general issue joined, for the sum of $1,136.00 against Potterfield and Chapline, who have obtained a superse-deas to the judgment.
It appears from bill of exceptions number one, that the plaintiff, to support the issue upon his part, having…
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