Stephenson v. Salisbury
West Virginia Supreme Court
Error to Circuit Court, Clay County. Action by Albert Stephenson against W. H. Salisbury. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
BhaNNON, Judge :
Albert Stephenson was sheriff of Clay County, and W. Id. Salisbury, jailer. After Salisbury had acted some time as jailer, Stephenson demanded that Salisbury, for being allowed to continue as jailer, should allow Stephenson to have the allowance made by the county to the jailer, else he would remove Salisbury, and then a contract in writing was made by which Stephenson was to have the allowance, and was to lift the orders made by the county court for the same. Afterwards Salisbury refused to carry out the contract, refused to allow Stephenson to get possession from the county…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Jackson ex dem. Anderson v. AndersonNew York Supreme Court · 1830
- Hartigan v. Board of RegentsWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1901
- Poling v. MaddoxWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1896
- Maloney v. BarrWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1886
- Dabney v. TaliaferroCourt of Appeals of Virginia · 1826
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3Cited by2 opinions
- Morrell v. McFarlandDistrict Court, N.D. West Virginia · 1981
- Glass v. HarwellCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1929