State ex rel. Poulton v. Harris
State ex rel. Poulton v. Harris
Opinion of the Court
This is an action of debt on an injunction bond, and is certified here by the Circuit Court of Ohio County upon the sufficiency of the declaration, a demurrer to same having been overruled by the lower court.
The allegations in the declaration, which are material upon this demurrer, are as follows: that on the 7th day of October, 1919, Theodore L. Harris, one of the defendants in this case,
The declaration alleges that the injunction was dissolved in due form of law on the 14th day of February, 1920. In the declaration the amount demanded was itemized. The declaration sufficiently alleges the payment and liability to pay these items by reason of sueing out the injunction, and as to whether or not any of the items charged will be allowed by a jury upon the trial does not arise on a demurrer to the declaration, provided the declaration on its face shows any item that is properly allowable; and this declaration shows, upon its face, more than one of such items.
The point most strongly insisted upon by the defendant in support of the demurrer to this declaration is that the conditions of the bond, executed by the defendants and sued upon in this case, are more comprehensive than the order of the court awarding the injunction required, and for that reason the conditions of the bond not so required are yoid. These defendants signed this bond voluntarily, with full knowledge of the fact that the conditions of the same were more comprehensive than the order awarding the injunction required. It was given for a valuable consideration and for a lawful purpose. Notwithstanding the fact that the bond is more comprehensive than the order awarding the injunction, this is a good common law bond.
The questions which arose in this case are fully and elaborately discussed in the opinion of Judge Woods in the case of State v. Purcell, 31 W. Va. 44. In that case, the question arose as to the variance between the conditions required in the order awarding the injunction and the conditions in the bond sued upon, and in accordance with the principles enunciated in that case and many others there cited, we hold that the court did not err in overruling the demurrer to the declaration in this case and it will be so certified.
Affirmed.
Reference
- Full Case Name
- State ex rel. Isadore Poultons. v. Theodore L. Harriss.
- Status
- Published