County Court of Marion County v. Carpenter

Maxwell, Judge:

Each of these, six actions was brought against a former overseer of the poor of Marion County to recover excessive per diem allowances which had been paid to him by the county court. On former writ of error in these cases, we held that the pleas in abatement filed by the defendants did not constitute legal defense, and remanded the cases for further proceedings. County Court v. Carpenter, 114 W. Va. 329, 171 S. E. 823. Thereafter, demurrers were interposed by the several defendants, respectively, to the notices of motion for judgment. The demurrers were sustained and the cases…