Straughan v. Hallwood
West Virginia Supreme Court
Statement of the case by Green, Judge : The defendant, Henry S. Hallwood, claimed that about ■January 1, 1882, he purchased of George Straughan, the plaintiff’s father, a theodolite and a part of a set of drawing instruments. Mathew H. Straughan claimed that this property all belonged to him, and he brought a suit for it against Henry S. Hallwood before a justice of the county of Ka-nawha, where Hallwood resided.
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Statement of the case by Green, Judge : The defendant, Henry S. Hallwood, claimed that about ■January 1, 1882, he purchased of George Straughan, the plaintiff’s father, a theodolite and a part of a set of drawing instruments. Mathew H. Straughan claimed that this property all belonged to him, and he brought a suit for it against Henry S. Hallwood before a justice of the county of Ka-nawha, where Hallwood resided. He decided in favor of Hallwood, and an appeal was taken to the Circuit Court. Hallwood brought a cross-suit in the Circuit Court of said county, on the chancery side, in reference…
1Opinion of the Court
GkeeN, Judge :
From the pleadings and proofs in this case it appears, that cross-actions were pending in the Circuit Court of Kanawha county on the common-law and chancery side of said court, in which Mathew H. Straughan and Henry S. Hailwood were parties. The common-law suit involved the title to a theodolite and a part of a set of drawing instruments; and the chancery cause also involved the title to this property, and some dispute about accounts between Hailwood and Straughan’s father. About March 1,1886, the parties to this litigation compromised this, and all matters between them. This…
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