Legal Opinion

Poe v. Paxton's Heirs

West Virginia Supreme Court

Decided October 2, 1885PublishedCited by 10 opinions

The facts of the case are stated in the opinion of the Court.

1Opinion of the Court

Snyder, Judge:

This and other suits in equity heard with it, were brought in the circuit court ot Kanawha county against the administrator and heirs of J. G-. Paxton, deceased, to subject the real estate of said Paxton to the payment of his debts. After sundry references and reports had been made and decrees entered ascertaining and fixing the priorities of said debts, B. J. Jordan filed his petition in the suits asserting that his debt therein mentioned, and which had been theretofore reported as a non-preferred and unsecured claim, should be allowed and declared to be a specific lien on…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Bayley v. GreenleafSupreme Court of the United States · 1822
  2. Conner v. BanksSupreme Court of Alabama · 1850
  3. Shirley v. ShirleyIndiana Supreme Court · 1845
  4. Galloway v. Hamilton's HeirsCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1833
  5. Mitchell v. DawsonWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1883

3Cited by10 opinions

  1. Scraggs v. HillWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1897
  2. Wheeling Bridge & Terminal Ry. Co. v. Reymann Brewing Co.Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1898
  3. Roush v. MillerWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1894
  4. Schmertz v. HammondWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1900
  5. Southern Building & Loan Ass'n v. PageWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1899

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