Legal Opinion

Bates v. Swiger

West Virginia Supreme Court

Decided April 6, 1895PublishedCited by 36 opinions

cited Jones Liens. § 1071; 8 Leigh 522; 30 W. Ya. 687; 3 Pom. Eq. Jur. § 1252; 2 Jonesl'Liens § 1116; Story Eq. Jur. §§ 384, 385, 390; Sug. Vendors (Ed. 1807) 480; 33 Ark. 468; Hennan Estop. § 776; 19 S. E. Rep. 539; 6 Johns. Chy. 166; 5 Johns. Chy. 184; 30 W. Ya. 687; 26 G-ratt. 549; 39 W. Ya. 732; 10 W. Ya. 677; 87 Ya. 391; 2 Rob. (Old) Prac. 170; 2 Min. Inst. 871; 2 Story Eq.

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cited Jones Liens. § 1071; 8 Leigh 522; 30 W. Ya. 687; 3 Pom. Eq. Jur. § 1252; 2 Jonesl'Liens § 1116; Story Eq. Jur. §§ 384, 385, 390; Sug. Vendors (Ed. 1807) 480; 33 Ark. 468; Hennan Estop. § 776; 19 S. E. Rep. 539; 6 Johns. Chy. 166; 5 Johns. Chy. 184; 30 W. Ya. 687; 26 G-ratt. 549; 39 W. Ya. 732; 10 W. Ya. 677; 87 Ya. 391; 2 Rob. (Old) Prac. 170; 2 Min. Inst. 871; 2 Story Eq. Jur. §, 751; 13 W. Va.'388; 20 W. Ya. 272, 279; 10 Leigh 179; 9 W. Va. 154; 1 P. & H. 277; 26 W. Ya. 754; 27 W. Va. 229.

1Opinion of the Court

Bbannon, Judge:

Charlotte A. Swiger, by executory contract, sold to Squire Bates a tract of land. The consideration was nine hundred dollars, of which he paid down twenty dollars-, and was to pay one hundred and eighty dollars more in money to Charlotte A. Swiger, and pay off a deed of trust to McMillan, when the deed should1 he made to Bates, and the remainder was to be paid in three annual installments.

*422This land had been conveyed to Charlotte A. Swiger by her father and mother, William: L. Swiger and Elizabeth Swiger, by a deed reserving to them “their lifetime maintenance in said land.”

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2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Rorer Iron Co. v. TroutSupreme Court of Virginia · 1887
  2. Crumlish's Adm'r v. Cent. Imp. Co.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1893
  3. Norfolk & W. R. v. PerdueWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1895
  4. Morgan v. Ohio River R.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1894
  5. Abbott v. L'HommedieuWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1877

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3Cited by36 opinions

  1. Stuart v. Lake Washington Realty Corp.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1956
  2. Bettman v. HarnessWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1896
  3. McNeeley v. South Penn Oil Co.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1903
  4. Atkinson v. PlumWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1901
  5. Claiborne v. Chesapeake & O. Ry. Co.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1899

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