Peoples United Telephone System v. Feltner
West Virginia Supreme Court
Error to Circuit Court, Taylor County. Petition for writ of prohibition by the People’s United Telephone System against "William M. Peltner and others. Demurrer to the petition filed by defendant Peltner sustained, and petition dismissed, and plaintiff bring’s error.
1Opinion of the Court
Ritz, Judge:
The plaintiff brought its suit before a justice of the peace of Taylor county to recover from the defendant Peltner the sum of $11.08, claimed to be due for telephone rentals. The defiant Peltner appeared and tendered an offset or counter-im for the sum of $27.00 for damages because of unsatisfactory telephone services rendered which, upon objection, the justice declined to allow to be filed. Thereupon an offset was tendered for the sum of twenty dollars for rental and use of land for 1916-18, to the filing of which the plaintiff objected, because it was fraudulent and fictitious,…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- State ex rel. Morley v. GodfreyWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1903
- McDonald Colliery Co. v. CrottyWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1911
- Rose v. O'BrienWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1915
3Cited by6 opinions
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- United States Steel Corp. v. StokesWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1953
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