Ruffner v. Hill
West Virginia Supreme Court
Writ of error and supersedeas to a judgment of the circuit court of the county of Kanawha, rendered on the 20th day of December, 1875, in an action in said court then pending,' wherein Joel Ruffner was plaintiff and G. W. Hill and others were defendants, allowed upon the petition of said defendants. Hon. Joseph Smith, judge of the seventh judicial circuit, rendered the judgment complained of.
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Writ of error and supersedeas to a judgment of the circuit court of the county of Kanawha, rendered on the 20th day of December, 1875, in an action in said court then pending,' wherein Joel Ruffner was plaintiff and G. W. Hill and others were defendants, allowed upon the petition of said defendants. Hon. Joseph Smith, judge of the seventh judicial circuit, rendered the judgment complained of. GkeeN, Judge, furnishes the following statement of the case: ■ This was an action of ejectment instituted December 2, 1871, in the circuit court of Clay county, by serving on the defendants "William…
1Judgment of the CourtGreen, Judge
The first question to be determined in this case, is what portion of the record, which has been certified by the clerk of the circuit court, really constitutes a part of the record oí this case and is to be read and considered by us.
The counsel for the plaintiffs in error insists, that upon the case, as we have stated it, the four bills of exception, which constitute nine-tenths of the record certified, are really a portion of the record to be considered by us.
On the other hand the counsel for the defendant in error insists, that the four bills of exception constitute no part of the record…
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