Legal Opinion

Hunter v. Snyder's Ex'r

West Virginia Supreme Court

Decided September 10, 1877PublishedCited by 9 opinions

This was a supersedeas, allowed upon the petition of the defendant below, to a judgment of the circuit court' of Jefterson county, rendered on the 27th day of April 1876, in an action of debt then pending in said court, in which J. H. L. Hunter was plaintiff, and Nelson T. Snyder, executor of John Snyder deceased, was defendant. HaymoND, Judge, who delivered the opinion of the Court, gives a sufficient statement of the case.

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This was a supersedeas, allowed upon the petition of the defendant below, to a judgment of the circuit court' of Jefterson county, rendered on the 27th day of April 1876, in an action of debt then pending in said court, in which J. H. L. Hunter was plaintiff, and Nelson T. Snyder, executor of John Snyder deceased, was defendant. HaymoND, Judge, who delivered the opinion of the Court, gives a sufficient statement of the case. Hon. John Blair Hoge, Judge of the third judicial circuit, rendered the judgment below. All the proceedings in court were eoram nonjudice, and void: Fnders,ex’r v. Bureh,…

1Opinion of the CourtHaymoND, Judge

The plaintiff brought an action of debt in the circuit court of Jefferson county against the defendant, to re*202c°ver $1,000.00. The action was brought on the 31st day of August 1874, and is founded upon a promissory note, purporting to be made by the defendant’s testator, on the 31st of August 1869 and during his life, to the plaintiff, as alleged in the declaration. On the 7th day of September 1874, at rules in the clerk’s office of said court, the plaintiff filed his declaration; and a conditional judgment Avas taken against the defendant; and at the ensuing October rules the said conditional…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Enders' ex'ors v. BurchSupreme Court of Virginia · 1859
  2. Jackson ex dem. People v. PierceNew York Supreme Court · 1813
  3. Howel v. CommonwealthGeneral Court of Virginia · 1848
  4. Livingston v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1851
  5. Campbell v. Lynn & Co.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1874

3Cited by9 opinions

  1. Quesenberry v. People's Building, Loan & Savings Ass'nWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1898
  2. Smith's Adm'r v. Charlton's Adm'rSupreme Court of Virginia · 1851
  3. Marstiller v. WardWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1902
  4. Bank of the Ohio Valley v. LockwoodWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1878
  5. Burns Bros. v. MorrisonWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1892

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