Garten v. Layton
West Virginia Supreme Court
Appeal from Circuit Court, Kanawha County. Suit by Jane Garten against J. W. Layton and others. From a decree on a bill of review, reversing decree and granting the relief sought by the original bill, the defendant named1 appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
Poffenbarger, Judge:
This appeal is from a decree on a bill of, review for error of law, reversing a former decree in the cause, and granting the relief sought by the original bill.
George Belcher an aged man owning a tract of land containing 444 acres, more or less, executed a paper which, but for the lack of a seal, would have been a.deed conveying the land to J. W. Layton, a son-in-law, for and in consideration of the sum of $4010.00 which, by a provision of said instrument, was to be paid to the following persons, described as heirs, in the following amounts: Margaret Layton, daughter,…
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