Bennett v. Pierce
West Virginia Supreme Court
Appeal from Circuit Court, Barbour County. Bill by Maggie Bennett against W. N. Pierce to sell a a tract of land for purchase money. Pierce tendered an answer which was rejected. From a decree on the bill as confessed, defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
BrannoN, President:
This suit was in equity, in the circuit court of Barbour County, to sell a tract of land for purchase money, for which a lien was reserved in a deed from Maggie Bennett, the plaintiff, to W. N. Pierce, defendant, resulting in a decree of sale, from which Pierce appeals.
Pierce tendered an answer, which was rejected. . The court went on to decree on the bill as confessed. The appellant assigns the rejection of this answer as error. The answer was rejected on mere general objection, no cause of objection being specified. I suppose it was intended as, in effect, a demurrer,…
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