Case Name: Hezekiah Moran vs. William Eldridge's Devisees
Court: Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia
Jurisdiction: West Virginia
Decision Date: 1866-01
Citations: 2 W. Va. 574
Docket Number: 
Parties: Hezekiah Moran vs. William Eldridge’s Devisees.
Judges: 
Reporter: West Virginia Supreme Court
Volume: 2
Pages: 574–574

Head Matter:
Wheeling.
Hezekiah Moran vs. William Eldridge’s Devisees.
January Term, 1866.
A suit of unlawful detainer is not capable of being revived on the death of the plaintiff, but abates.
This case arose in Marion county in 1850. The plaintiff, William Bldridge, who brought the action of unlawful de-tainer, died in 1852, and the case was revived in the name of his devisees. In October, 1868, a trial was had and a judgment rendered against the defendant, Moran, for the possession of the premises. He obtained a supersedeas from this court in 1864.
The case was dismissed here, on motion of the plaintiff in error, at the January term, 1866. Ho formal opinion was prepared by the court, which was unanimous on the question presented, and the case was not ordered to be reported until the January term, 1868.
George H. Lee and B. Wilson appeared for the plaintiff in error,

Opinion:
The following was the judgment entered in this court: It seems to the court that inasmuch as the proceeding of unlawful detainer is not in the law capable of being revived on the death of the plaintiff in such proceeding, but upon such death the suit abates, there is error in the said record to the prejudice of the plaintiff as alleged in his petition, wherefore it is considered by the court that the judgment of the said circuit court of Marion county be reversed and annulled, and that the plaintiff in error recover his costs.
Judgment REVERSED.