Legal Opinion

Spina v. Hundley

West Virginia Supreme Court

Decided June 28, 1938No. CC 586Published

1Opinion of the Court

Kenna, Judge:

This is a case certified by the Circuit Court of Ka-nawha County on questions arising upon a sustained demurrer to the answer of the Charleston National Bank to the amended bill in equity filed by John E. Amos, the next friend of Mary Spina, infant, against J. Howard Hundley and the Charleston National Bank.

Considering that “ * * * a demurrer reaches back to the first fault in the pleading of either party, * * * ” (Fisher v. Charleston, 17 W. Va. 595, 614) we are first concerned with the question of whether the bill of com plaint, the supplemental bill, and the amendment to the…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Fisher v. City of CharlestonWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1881
  2. De Valengin's Administrators v. DuffySupreme Court of the United States · 1840
  3. Collins v. Denny Clay Co.Washington Supreme Court · 1905
  4. Orcutt v. GouldCalifornia Supreme Court · 1897
  5. Silsby v. WickershamMissouri Court of Appeals · 1913

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