Smith v. Cornelius
West Virginia Supreme Court
I.—It was error to allow the amended bill to be filed.—24 W. Va. 72; 3 W. Va, 188; 1 Paige, Ch’y, 424; 2 Paige, 67; llVes. 565; 11 Ga. 539; Bart Ch. Prac. 324, 327; High. Inj. § 990 ; 11. W. Va. 464 ; 1 Bart. Ch. Prac. 467 ; 5 W. Va. 579; High. Inj. § 1017. II.— The court below should, not have perpetuated the injunction on the hearing of the motion to dissolve it.—74 Am. Dec. 123; 2 Dan’], Ch. Frac. 1682; 1 Bart. Ch. 468; High, luj. § 95; 4 Min.
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I.—It was error to allow the amended bill to be filed.—24 W. Va. 72; 3 W. Va, 188; 1 Paige, Ch’y, 424; 2 Paige, 67; llVes. 565; 11 Ga. 539; Bart Ch. Prac. 324, 327; High. Inj. § 990 ; 11. W. Va. 464 ; 1 Bart. Ch. Prac. 467 ; 5 W. Va. 579; High. Inj. § 1017. II.— The court below should, not have perpetuated the injunction on the hearing of the motion to dissolve it.—74 Am. Dec. 123; 2 Dan’], Ch. Frac. 1682; 1 Bart. Ch. 468; High, luj. § 95; 4 Min. Inst. 902; Code, c. 125; 8 W. Va. 210. III.—It was error to dissolve the injunction because the corporation the “ Trustees of Berkeley Springs” was…
1Opinion of the Court
Brannon, Judue:
J. Hiifus Smith, President of the Board of Trustees of *63Berkeley Springs, and C. P. Jack, A. R. Unger, and II. C. Harmison, trusteesof said board, filed a bill of injunction in the Circuit Court of Morgan county against Daniel Cornelius and his assigns, unknown to the plaintiffs, alleging that the said board of trustees constituted a corporation with the usual incidents; that they had been incorporated by act of the legislature of West Virginia passed March 27, 1882, it being chapter 202 of the Acts of 1882; that the plaintiff’s had applied to all the trustees to unite with them…
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