Wirgman v. Provident Life & Trust Co.
West Virginia Supreme Court
Appeal from Circuit Court, Logan County. Bill by John M. Wirgman and others against the Provident Life & Trust Company and another. Decree for defendants dismissing the bill, and plaintiffs appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
POFEENBARGER, JUDGE:
The decree complained of on this appeal dismissed the bill of the plaintiffs, filed for the purpose of cancellation of a deed executed by them, on the ground of fraudulent procurement thereof, establishment of title in them to a one-tenth interest in certain lands owned by one- Stuart Wood of the City of Philadelphia, at the date of his death, and an accounting with them by the executors of the will of said Stuart Wood, as to the proceeds of certain other lands sold by Mm in his life time, on a plea in equity wMch virtually amounts to a plea to the jurisdiction of the…
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