O'Connor v. Dils
West Virginia Supreme Court
.Error to Circuit Court, Kanawha county. Action by Patrick O’Connor against William Dils before a justice of the peace. Judgment Cor defendant. Plaintiff appealed to the circuit court. From a judgment for plaintiff’, defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
Dent, Judge :
Patrick O’Connor sued William Dils, before a justice of the county of Kanawha, fora certain sum of money lost at gambling. He moved to quash summons, because it summons him to answer an action “for damages for a wrong” instead of “money due on contract.” The justice overruled the motion, but rendered final judgment in favor of *55defendant. Plaintiff appealed, and the circuit court rendered judgment in his favor for the sum of one hundred and nine dollars. The defendant obtained a writ of error, and now assigns as error that the circuit court refused on his motion to strike out the…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Koch v. Wyllie China Co.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1917
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