Murphy v. Fairweather
West Virginia Supreme Court
Appeal from Circuit Court, Kandolph County. Bill in equity by John T. Murpby and another against Alfred Fairweatlier, Sr., and another. From a decree for plaintiffs, defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
POEEENBARGER, PRESIDENT:
Two grounds for the dismissal of this appeal as having been improvidently awarded are set forth in the brief. The first of these is alleged insufficiency of the petition in this, that it does, not identify any particular decree as being erroneous and ask relief therefrom. Though it contains many misdescriptions and erroneous references to the decrees, it substantially complains of all of them, saying the case was not one proper for the appointment of a receiver; and it was error to overrule the demurrer to the bill, to hold the defendants were partners, to confirm the…
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