Frazier v. Copen
West Virginia Supreme Court
Case certified from Ciretdt Court, Putnam County. Action by H. A. Frazier, administrator, etc., against C. E. Copen and others. A demurrer to the declaration was sustained, and a demurrer to the special plea of defendants overruled, and the questions certified.
1Opinion of the Court
Miller, Judge :
There has been certified to Us by the circuit court questions involving the correctness of its rulings on defendants’ demurrer to the declaration and plaintiff’s demurrer to defendants’ special plea filed in the action.
The action is by plaintiff as administrator de bowls non with the will annexed, óf F. F. Morris, deceased, against C. E. Copen, late executor of the last will and testament of said Morris, and S. E. Leach, W. H. Dudding, F. H. Moss and J. F. Chapman, sureties on his executorial bond. The plaintiff, by the allegations of his declaration, in addition to the bond…
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