Seim v. O'Grady
West Virginia Supreme Court
cited 2 Jones Eq. (N. C.) 510; Code, c. 65, s. 15; Acts 1882, c. 86; 18 W. Va. 455; 24 W. Va. 95; 1 Lorn. Dig. § 64; 2 Blackstone, 208; 4 Kent, 29; 1 Kerr, R. Prop. § 723,725; 2 Tuck. 57; 2 Minor, 124; 1 Washburn, 130; Stewart, Hus. & W. § 155; Boone, R. Prop. § 46; 1 Pet. 503; 9B. Mon. 59; 10 B. Mon. 48; 13 B. Mon. 420,467; 1 How. 37; 75 Va. 129; 88 Tenn. 595; 42 Vt. 686; Code, c. 139, s. 7; Code, c. 41, s. 6. cited 4 Am. & Eng. Enc. Law, 945; 21 Id. 1057; 1 Lorn. Dig.
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cited 2 Jones Eq. (N. C.) 510; Code, c. 65, s. 15; Acts 1882, c. 86; 18 W. Va. 455; 24 W. Va. 95; 1 Lorn. Dig. § 64; 2 Blackstone, 208; 4 Kent, 29; 1 Kerr, R. Prop. § 723,725; 2 Tuck. 57; 2 Minor, 124; 1 Washburn, 130; Stewart, Hus. & W. § 155; Boone, R. Prop. § 46; 1 Pet. 503; 9B. Mon. 59; 10 B. Mon. 48; 13 B. Mon. 420,467; 1 How. 37; 75 Va. 129; 88 Tenn. 595; 42 Vt. 686; Code, c. 139, s. 7; Code, c. 41, s. 6. cited 4 Am. & Eng. Enc. Law, 945; 21 Id. 1057; 1 Lorn. Dig. (2nd Ed.) 77; 1 Pet. 503; 1 Greenl. Cruise R. Prop. 152, note; 4 Kent’s Comm. 29, 30; 26 W. Va. 369; Code c. 71, s. 4.
1Opinion of the Court
Dent, Judge:
Henry Seim & Co., plaintiffs, instituted suit in the Circuit *78Court of Kanawha county to subject the real estate of defendant James O’Grady to the payment of judgment liens, and obtained a decree on the 10th day of January, 1895, from which the defendants appeal.
The real controversy in the suit is whether James O’Grady, the defendant and judgment debtor, was tenant by cur-tesy in a ten acre-tract of land purchased by his wife, EEo-noria O’Grady, now deceased, at a judicial sale, confirmed by decree; but for which no deed was made to her, nor did she take actual possession thereof…
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