Ruffner, Donnally & Co. v. Hewitt, Kercheval & Co.
West Virginia Supreme Court
An appeal, by Samuel.A. Miller and several persons who were members of tbe firm, of Ruffner, Donnally & Co., on behalf of said firm, from a decree rendered by the circuit court of Kanawba county, on the 6th day of July, 1869, in a suit in chancery therein pending, wherein said Ruffner, Donnally & Co. were complainants and Hewitt, Kercheval & Co., Hewitt, Roe & Co., J. J. Roe & Co., Humphrey, Tutt & Terry, and a large number of other persons, were respondents.
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An appeal, by Samuel.A. Miller and several persons who were members of tbe firm, of Ruffner, Donnally & Co., on behalf of said firm, from a decree rendered by the circuit court of Kanawba county, on the 6th day of July, 1869, in a suit in chancery therein pending, wherein said Ruffner, Donnally & Co. were complainants and Hewitt, Kercheval & Co., Hewitt, Roe & Co., J. J. Roe & Co., Humphrey, Tutt & Terry, and a large number of other persons, were respondents. The names of the various firms, who were made respondents, will he found in the opinion of the Court. The record, as printed, is very…
1Opinion of the Court
HaYMOND, PRESIDENT :
This is a suit in equity in the nature of a foreign attachment. The bill in the case was filed on the 1st Monday in April, 1859. The several firms of Hewitt, Roe & Co., Hewitt, Kercheval & Co., John J. Roe, & Co., and Humphrey, Tutt & Terry, are the principal defendants, against whom decrees are sought, by the plaintiffs, though there are other defendants, who the bill alleges have an interest; but the bill does not define or specify that interest; and there, are still other-defects.
I intended to preface this opinion with a full statement of the case as presented by the…
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