Hoke v. Hoke
West Virginia Supreme Court
Christopher Hoke, surviving executor of the last will of Christopher Hoke, deceased, filed a declaration at the May rules, 1867, in the circuit court of Monroe county, against John M. Hoke and Henry Hoke, averring that the defendants, by their certain writing obligatory, sealed with their seals, dated on the 25th day of June, 1863, promised to pay the plaintiff and one Eoyal Eleshman, since deceased, as executors of said Christopher Hoke, deceased, fhe sum of 3,234 dollars,…
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Christopher Hoke, surviving executor of the last will of Christopher Hoke, deceased, filed a declaration at the May rules, 1867, in the circuit court of Monroe county, against John M. Hoke and Henry Hoke, averring that the defendants, by their certain writing obligatory, sealed with their seals, dated on the 25th day of June, 1863, promised to pay the plaintiff and one Eoyal Eleshman, since deceased, as executors of said Christopher Hoke, deceased, fhe sum of 3,234 dollars, and 84 cents, and had not paid the .same, &c. The defendants filed two special pleas, one in relation to having…
1Opinion of the CourtMaxwell, J.
The plaintiff in error brought an action of debt in the circuit court of Monroe county, as the surviving executor of the last will and testament of Christopher Hoke, deceased, against the defendants, and charged in the declaration that the defendants, by their writing obligatory, promised to pay to the plaintiff and Royal Flesh man, since deceased, as executors of the said Christopher Hoke, deceased, the sum of 3,234 dollars and 84 cents for value received. The defendants filed a special plea in which they aver that the persons named in the said writing obligatory as executors of Christopher…
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