Legal Opinion

McCullough v. Clark

West Virginia Supreme Court

Decided February 22, 1921PublishedCited by 27 opinions

Error to Circuit Court, Upshur County. Action by John W. McCullough against H. E. Clark. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant brings error.

1Opinion of the Court

RlTZ, PRESIDENT:

The defendant by this writ of error seeks reversal of a judgment against him for the sum of $203,907.28, for damages for the breach of an alleged contract for the sale of certain corporate stock.

Plaintiff and defendant for many years had been business-associates, and in the spring of 1915 were jointly interested in lumber operations in the State of West Virginia, carried on in the name of Virginia Lumber Company, and in like operations-in Virginia, Tennessee and North 'Carolina, conducted in the name of Damascus Lumber Company. In addition to these companies, in which they had…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Pittsburgh & West Virginia Gas Co. v. Pentress Gas Co.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1919
  2. Mullen v. CookWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1911
  3. State v. StatlerWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1920
  4. Louis Stix & Co. v. YorkWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1919
  5. McCullough v. ClarkWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1918

3Cited by27 opinions

  1. Bond v. City of HuntingtonWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1981
  2. Pasquale v. Ohio Power Co.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1992
  3. Western & Atlantic Railroad v. MathisCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1940
  4. Brown v. Service Coach Lines Inc.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1944
  5. Chesapeake & Ohio Ry. Co. v. Elk Refining Co.Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1950

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