Legal Opinion

Garrett v. Patton

West Virginia Supreme Court

Decided March 5, 1918PublishedCited by 26 opinions

Error to Circuit Court, Harrison County. Action by Lloyd "W. Garrett against John Patton. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant brings error.

1Opinion of the Court

Ritz, Judge :

The defendant prosecutes this writ of error to review a judgment of the circuit court of Harrison county setting aside a verdict in his favor. The only grounds assigned in the motion made in the lower court to set aside the verdict .were that the same was contrary to the law'and the evidence, and that the defendant was a member of the petit jury in attendance upon the term of the court at which his case was tried, and had served as such petit juror with some.if not all of the jurors ,who • tried his case. The circuit court sustained the motion upon the latter ground.'; However;…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. State v. GreerWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1883
  2. The KimballSupreme Court of the United States · 1866
  3. Blair & Hoge v. WilsonSupreme Court of Virginia · 1877
  4. Belleville Savings Bank v. BornmanIllinois Supreme Court · 1888
  5. Merchants National Bank v. GoodWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1883

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3Cited by26 opinions

  1. Aetna Casualty & Surety Co. v. Federal Insurance Co. of New YorkWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1963
  2. Walker v. RobertsonWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1956
  3. State Ex Rel. Department of Unemployment Compensation v. Continental Casualty Co.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1947
  4. Moore v. Johnson Service Co.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1975
  5. Proudfoot v. Dan's Marine Service, Inc.West Virginia Supreme Court · 2002

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