Chenowith v. County Court

English, Judge :

This was an action of assumpsit brought in the Circuit Court of Ritchie county by Eli Chenowith and O. S. Fought, who sued for the use and benefit of W. H. Thomas and O. S. Fought, against the county of Ritchie to recover a balance of $798.15 alleged to have been due on the 29th day of August, 1884, upon a contract entered into between A. C. Barnard as president of the County Court of Ritchie county and said Eli Chenowith and O. S. Fought for the construction of a bridge across the North Fork of Hughes river near the house of E. R. Taylor, to be completed on the 1st of…