State v. Rawson
West Virginia Supreme Court
GREEN, Jud&e, furnishes the following statement of the case • This was an action of debt brought in the county court of Pleasants county, on June 10, 1879, by the State of West Virginia, successor to the Commonwealth of Virginia, suing for the use of Elizabeth Rawson against Sarah A. Rawson, her late guardian, and Jesse Pride, the security in her guardian bond.
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GREEN, Jud&e, furnishes the following statement of the case • This was an action of debt brought in the county court of Pleasants county, on June 10, 1879, by the State of West Virginia, successor to the Commonwealth of Virginia, suing for the use of Elizabeth Rawson against Sarah A. Rawson, her late guardian, and Jesse Pride, the security in her guardian bond. The summons was served on Sarah A. Rawson, but returned not found as to Jesse Pride, and lie did not appear in the suit. On May 12, 1880, the following order was made in the case: “This day came the parties by their attorneys and by…
1Opinion of the Court
Green, Judge:
On the second Tuesday in October, 1880, an amendment to the constitution of this State was adopted by a vote of the people. Section 25, article VIII in this amendment provides, that “all actions, suits and proceedings not embraced in *29the next preceding sections (which, include the proceedings in this case) pending in a county court, when this article takes effect, together with the records and papers pertaining thereto shall be transmitted to and filed with the clerk of the circuit court of the county, to vffiich office all process outstanding at the time this article goes into…
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