Prudence Coal Co. v. Perkins
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
In Error to the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of West Virginia, at Charleston; Benjamin F. Keller,' Judge. Action at law by Annette S. Perkins against the Prudence Coal Company. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
' McDOWEEE, District Judge.
This is an action of assumpsit instituted August 30, 1912, by'the defendant in error, the legatee of J. A. McGuffin, who will be hereafter referred to as the plaintiff, against the plaintiff in error, a corporation, which will be hereafter called the defendant. The declaration contains only the common counts. With it was filed a bill of particulars, which fully details the nature and items of plaintiff’s claim. The defendant pleaded non assumpsit and offsets, and filed with the latter an account of offsets. The case was tried before a jury, and resulted in a…
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