Legal Opinion

Board of Commissioners of Ohio County v. Clemens

West Virginia Supreme Court

Decided October 21, 1919PublishedCited by 11 opinions

Error to Circuit Court, Ohio County. Action by the Board of Commissioners of Ohio County against W. M. Clemens, ex-sheriff, etc., the Citizens’ Trust & Guaranty Company of West Virginia, and others. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant Citizens’ Trust & Guaranty Company of West Virginia brings error.

1Opinion of the Court

Williams, Judge:

The Board of Commissioners of Ohio County recovered a judgment against W. M. Clemens, ex-sheriff of said county, and the Citizens Trust & Guaranty Company, his surety, in an action on his official bond, and the surety brings this writ of error, claiming that it should have been discharged from liability, because a continuance of the case for thirty days was taken by agreement between the attorneys for plaintiff and the principal debtor, respectively, without its knowledge or consent.

' Defendant Clemens was sheriff of Ohio county from the 1st of January, 1909, to the 31st of…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Guaranty Co. v. Pressed Brick Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1903
  2. George A. Hormel & Co. v. American Bonding Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1910
  3. Hall v. . PresnellSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1911
  4. Jerauld v. TrippetIndiana Supreme Court · 1878
  5. Haselton v. Florentine Marble Co.U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Vermont · 1899

3Cited by11 opinions

  1. City of Mullens v. DavidsonWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1949
  2. Maryland Casualty Co. v. Ohio River Gravel Co.Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1927
  3. Continental Realty Corporation v. Andrew J. Crevolin Co.District Court, S.D. West Virginia · 1974
  4. Koblegard Co. v. MaxwellWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1945
  5. American Surety Co. v. Plank & Whitsett, Inc.Supreme Court of Virginia · 1932

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