First Nat. Bank of Cumberland v. Parsons
West Virginia Supreme Court
I. — Compensation between parent and adult child. — 31 G-ratt. pp. 52-56; 20 W. Ya. 23. II. — There loas nothing immoral or illegal in Ward Parsons allowing Lemuel W. Parsons the credit of $2,900 in the deed of March 4th, 1892. — 2 Johns.
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I. — Compensation between parent and adult child. — 31 G-ratt. pp. 52-56; 20 W. Ya. 23. II. — There loas nothing immoral or illegal in Ward Parsons allowing Lemuel W. Parsons the credit of $2,900 in the deed of March 4th, 1892. — 2 Johns. Chy. 306; 26 Gratt. 563; 8 Leigb, 271. III. — A deed, honest and lawful upon its face, must be treated as such until it is shown to be otherwise by evidence. — 22 W. Ya. 357, syl. pt. 10; 17 W. Ya. 717. IV. — The onus probandi is on him who alleges fraud, and the fraud must be clearly and strictly proved. — 22 W. Ya. 357, syl. pt. 9; 2 Munf. 310; Kerr,…
1Opinion of the Court
Holt, Piiesident :
On appeal from a decree entered on the 21st day of June, 1895, by the Circuit Court of Tucker county in four chancery causes heard together.
The facts are as follows: Defendant "Ward Parsons, the debtor complained of, together with his wife, by deed dated the 14th day of March, 1892, sold and conveyed to his son, Lemuel W. Parsons, all his real estate, viz., “the home farm on which Ward Parsons now resides, containing, with contiguous tracts, four hundred and twenty acres; seven other tracts, containing four hundred and sixty eight acres, on Backbone Mountains; and a tract of…
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