Guernsey v. Lazear
West Virginia Supreme Court
Appeal from Circuit Court, Brooke County. Suit by George T. Guernsey and T. C. Truman against H. G. Lazear. Decree for defendant, and plaintiffs appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
BraNNON, Junen.:
George T. Guernsey and T. C. Truman brought a suit in equity in the circuit court of Brooke -County against H. G. Lazear to enforce the supposed lien of a judgment in favor of ” Guernsey and Truman against Lazear upon certain real estate, and the bill having been dismissed upon demurrer, the plaintiffs have appealed to this Court. The bill seeks to make the judgment out of an alleged estate by the curtesy vested in Lazear in the real estate of his dead wife, vested in her as her separate property. This judgment against Lazear was recovered during the wedlock between Lazear and…
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