Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1898-09-20
west Va. Court of Appeals.

In the Supreme Court of Appeals, on
Monday of last week: Bank of Berkeley
Springs VS.. C. S. Green, ct al, from
Morgan county, Judgment of the Circnit
Court affirmed. Kearfott, trustee, VS..
cambridge, from Jefferson county, ar
gued and submitted. Crumlish's admin.
~istrator VS.. Norfolk and Western Rail
road Company, argued and submitted.
Tuesday the following business was trans.
acted: Kyle against Wagner, from Ohio
county; argued and submitted. Barrickman
against the Marion Oil Company, from
Monongalia county; submitted. Wester
against Hall, from Harrison county, Marine
against Easter-Groom, Harrison county;
writs of certiorari awarded and cases con-
tinued. Window against Stuart, from Har-
rison county; continued. The courtadiourn-
ed until Thursday. One of the most cele-
brated cases ever instituted in a court, that
of Crumlish's administration against the
Shenandoah Valley Railroad Company, was
argued and submitted. This case is now
in the Supreme Court of the State for the
fifth time. The suit was first instituted in
the Circuit Court of Jefferson county in
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regular and three special judges have sat in
the case in the Circuit Court and five diff
ferent judges of the Supreme Court have
rendered opinions in the case, sometimes
reversing and sometimes affirming the low
er court.
An intelligent of the case would
fill five columns. The fees of officers of the
court from start to finish have amounted to
over $4,000, while printers fees for records,
ETC., have amounted to over $1,000; it cost
$11O to copy one portion. Several of the
judges and attorneys who have been con-
nected with the case have died. Attorney
fees paid in the case nave amounted to over
100000, n from start to finish over thirty
lawyers hav been employed. The amount
involved in the case was $4,000, of which
over $4,000 has been recovered, and the
case goes to the Court of Appeals at the
present term over a controversy about the
distribution of the paltry sum of $40, 600.
In the West Virginia Court of Appeals
Thursday, the following cases were submit
ted: Hebb against County Court of Tucker
county, Griffith and others againct Black
water Building and Loan Company, from
Tucker county; Butler against Thompson.
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Lambert, from Tucker county; Bennett
against Pierce and others. from Barbour
county; Kenneweg against Schelansky, from
Tucker county; Ralphsnyder against Shaw
x Hyde, trustee, from Preston county; Roe
against the town OF Philippi, from Barbour
First National ank of Cumberland
against Ward Parsons, from Tucker county;
Dent against Pickens and others, from Bar
bour county; Harr against Shaffer and others,
from Tucker county.
The case of State against Robert w. East.
ham, pending in the court on a writ of error.
was dismissed. This case is ~well-known
throughout West Virginia and Maryland
shot and killed Frank E. Thomp-
son, a wealthy lumber leader, on a West Vfr-
ginia Central passenger train, near Parsons,
about eighteen months ago. He was indict-
ed, tried, convicted of involuntary man
slaughter, and sentenced to two years in Jail,
and after serving several months he escaped
from Jail and hes never been captured.