Wilson v. Maddox
West Virginia Supreme Court
Appeal from Circuit Court, Harrison County. Suit by Bettie Wilson and others against Sarah A. Mad dox and others. Decree for plaintiffs. Defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
McWhorter, judge:
James Maddox and Sarah Ann Maddox, Ms wife, by *642deed of January 31, 1893, conveyed to Irvin Stutler a certain tract of one hundred and twenty-ñve acres of land on Buffalo creek, in Harrison County, for the consideration, as set out in the deed, “of their affection for the party of the second part, whom they raised from a child,” and the further consideration of five dollars paid, and reserved in said deed, for the benefit of Sarah A. Maddox, the mansion house, and forty acres of land adjoining thereto, whenever she should desire it, which house and forty acres were to remain…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Ruffner Bros. v. MairsWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1890
- Tomlinson v. WardSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1818
- Thompsen v. DiffenderferHigh Court of Chancery of Maryland · 1849
- Fairbairn v. . FisherSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1859
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- Hall v. McLuckeyWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1950
- McDermott v. Pentress Gas Co.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1918
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