Withrow v. Smithson
West Virginia Supreme Court
cited, High, Lun. 33 ; Id. 150 ; Id. 152; Id. 7; Id. 5 ; Chit. PL 79, 80; 6 Graft. 216; 7 B. Mon. 268 ; 5 C. & P. 484; 24 E. C. L. 419; 3 Hob. (Hew) Pr. 184; Code, c. 66; 5 Mimf. 446; 6 Call. 279; 5 Munf. 95; 1 II. & M. 134. cited, Bus. Insan. § 131; Id. 139 ; 1 Ereem. Jdgmts. (1886) § 152 ; Id. (1892) p. 275 ; Id. § 114; 75 Va. 816; 50 Md. 214; 63 Pa. St. 320; 31 Ohio 247; 60 Tex. 337; 47 Me. 548; 33 Me. 114; Odg. Sian.
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cited, High, Lun. 33 ; Id. 150 ; Id. 152; Id. 7; Id. 5 ; Chit. PL 79, 80; 6 Graft. 216; 7 B. Mon. 268 ; 5 C. & P. 484; 24 E. C. L. 419; 3 Hob. (Hew) Pr. 184; Code, c. 66; 5 Mimf. 446; 6 Call. 279; 5 Munf. 95; 1 II. & M. 134. cited, Bus. Insan. § 131; Id. 139 ; 1 Ereem. Jdgmts. (1886) § 152 ; Id. (1892) p. 275 ; Id. § 114; 75 Va. 816; 50 Md. 214; 63 Pa. St. 320; 31 Ohio 247; 60 Tex. 337; 47 Me. 548; 33 Me. 114; Odg. Sian. (1881) 351; Code, c. 54, s. 41; 26 W. Va. 177, 182, 183; 21 Graft. 712 :
1Opinion of the Court
Brannon, Judge :
This was a suit in equity by Helen M. Withrow against John A. Smithson and others for the purpose of enforcing against land of said Smithson the lien of a judgment. The defence was that the judgment was for slander uttered by the wife of Smithson, and that he was insane, when the trial took place, and when the judgment was rendered. The answer prayed, as a cross-bill, that the j udgment be annulled because of such insanity. The case resulted in a *758decree holding the judgment valid, and enforcing it as a lien; and Smithson appeals.
A judgment against one insane at the time it is…
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