Amiss v. McGinnis
West Virginia Supreme Court
Appeal with supersedeas granfed upon tbe petition of Edwin J. Amiss and Francis Henderson, to a decree of tbe circuit court of Raleigh county, rendered on tbe 1 Lth day of October, 1875, in a cause in chancery then in said court pending, wherein said Amiss and others were plaintiffs, and Pyrrhus McGinnis and others were defendants. The case is fully stated in the opinion of the Court.
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Appeal with supersedeas granfed upon tbe petition of Edwin J. Amiss and Francis Henderson, to a decree of tbe circuit court of Raleigh county, rendered on tbe 1 Lth day of October, 1875, in a cause in chancery then in said court pending, wherein said Amiss and others were plaintiffs, and Pyrrhus McGinnis and others were defendants. The case is fully stated in the opinion of the Court. The appellants claim, that fhe circuit court erred by its decree of October 11, 1873, in dismissing the plaintiffs’ bill. The decrees of September 23, 1859, and of April 20, 1860, in the original suit, were…
1Opinion of the CourtHaymond, Judge
It appears that an the 2d day of March, 1867, Edwin J. Amiss, Giles J. Henderson and Francis Henderson, commenced a suit in chancery, in the circuit court of Raleigh county in this State, and caused a writ of summons to be issued by the clerk of said court, directed to the sheriff of Raleigh county, commanding him to summon Pyrrhus McGinnis to appear before the judge of said court, at the rules to be held in the- clerk’s office thereof, on the first Monday in April next ensuing, to answer a bill in chancery, exhibited against him in said court by Edwin J. Amiss, Giles J. Henderson and Francis…
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