Woodrum Home Outfitting Co. v. Adams Express Co.
West Virginia Supreme Court
Error to Circuit Court, Kanawha County. Action by the Woodrum Home Outfitting Company against the Adams Express Company, brought before a justice. Judgment for plaintiffs was affirmed on appeal to the intermediate court, and after denial of an appeal by the circuit court an appeal was awarded by the Supreme Court, and defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
Miller, Judge:
In an action begun before a justice for tbe value of goods alleged to bave been lost in transit, plaintiffs in tbe justice’s court and again on appeal in tbe Intermediate Court of Ka-nawha County, obtained a judgment against defendant, tbe judgment on tbe appeal being for $282.65, instead of $232.01, tbe amount of tbe judgment rendered by tbe justice. Tbe circuit court having denied defendant an appeal, an appeal was awarded it by this court, to test tbe correctness or incorrectness of tbe rulings and judgments complained of.
Tbe first of tbe points of error assigned is tbe…
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