Legal Opinion

Hilton & Allen v. Consumers' Can Co.

Supreme Court of Virginia

Decided November 23, 1904PublishedCited by 15 opinions

Error to a judgment rendered by the Circuit Court of Botetourt county, in an action of assumpsit, wherein the plaintiffs in error, J. D. Hilton and W. B. Allen, partners in trade under the style and firm of Hilton & Allen, were the plaintiffs, and the defendant in error was the defendant.

1Opinion of the Court

Keith, P.,

delivered the opinion of the court.

On the 18th of June, 1903, the following memorandum was made in the Circuit Court of Botetourt county: “Hilton & Allen vs. Consumers’ Can Company. Trespass on the case in assumpsit. Damages $500.00. To 1st July Buies for 1903. Benjamin Haden, p. q.

“The defendant is a non-resident corporation having effects-coming to it,- and estate in the. county of Botetourt. Issue attachment and designate the Horfolk & Western Bailway Company, C. E. Layman, The Bank of Fincastle, and Frank W. Brugh and B. F. Leslie as having effects of the defendant in their…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Commercial & Railroad Bank of Vicksburg v. Slocomb, Richards & Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1840

3Cited by15 opinions

  1. Kiser v. Amalgamated Clothing Workers of AmericaSupreme Court of Virginia · 1938
  2. Moore v. Norfolk & Western Railway Co.Supreme Court of Virginia · 1919
  3. International Brotherhood of Boiler-Makers v. WoodSupreme Court of Virginia · 1934
  4. Winder v. . PennimanSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1921
  5. Buttery v. RobbinsSupreme Court of Virginia · 1941

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