Harrison & Byrd v. Wissler
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to a judgment of the Circuit Court of Clarke county, rendered July 10, 1900, in an action of assumpsit, wherein the plaintiffs in error were the plaintiffs, and the defendant in error was the defendant.
1Opinion of the CourtBuchanan, J.
This action was instituted against the defendant in error in the Circuit Court of Shenandoah county, where he resided, by the plaintiffs in error, one of whom was then, and still is, the judge of that court. A plea to the jurisdiction of the court was filed, and the cause removed by an order in vacation to the Circuit Court of Clarke county, where two pleas to the .jurisdiction of that court were filed. Upon the hearing, the pleas were sustained, and the action dismissed.
The question involved in this writ of error to that judgment is whether a judge of a circuit court can bring an action or…
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