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Lough v. Michael

West Virginia Supreme Court

Decided April 1, 1893PublishedCited by 14 opinions

Code e. 75, s. 1; 26 W. Va. 607, 609, 610; 2 Sto. Eq. Juris. § 1218; >1 Leigh 597; 8 Leigh 522; 7 Wheat.-46; 13 Gratt. 621 ; 1 Lev. & Bat. 379 ; Id. 32, 35; 2 Humph. 145 ; 1 Lead. Cas. Kq. (t. pf) 279. cited Wat. Spec. Perf. § 369; Id. 370; Id. 371; 14 N\ 11. 378; 27 Tex. 678 ; 1 Bush 316 ; Id. 168 ; 10 Ohio 85 ; 2 Gratt. 266; 3 Gratt. 335; 17 Ala. 557; 2 Johns, dry 585; 55 Am. Dec. 138; 1 Pet. 1, 13 ; 19 Cal. 673; 44 NT.' II. 446 ; 33 Am. Dec. 193; 1 Am. Dec. 26 ; 29 Am.

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Code e. 75, s. 1; 26 W. Va. 607, 609, 610; 2 Sto. Eq. Juris. § 1218; >1 Leigh 597; 8 Leigh 522; 7 Wheat.-46; 13 Gratt. 621 ; 1 Lev. & Bat. 379 ; Id. 32, 35; 2 Humph. 145 ; 1 Lead. Cas. Kq. (t. pf) 279. cited Wat. Spec. Perf. § 369; Id. 370; Id. 371; 14 N\ 11. 378; 27 Tex. 678 ; 1 Bush 316 ; Id. 168 ; 10 Ohio 85 ; 2 Gratt. 266; 3 Gratt. 335; 17 Ala. 557; 2 Johns, dry 585; 55 Am. Dec. 138; 1 Pet. 1, 13 ; 19 Cal. 673; 44 NT.' II. 446 ; 33 Am. Dec. 193; 1 Am. Dec. 26 ; 29 Am. Dec. 63 ; 19 Am. Dec. 395; Id. 399; 31 Am. Dec. 252; Eree. Jdgts. § 357 ; 2 Am. Dee. 59; 2 Vern. 565; Id. 609; 1 Eq. Cas.…

1Opinion of the Court

Holt, Judge:

This is a suit in equity, brought in the Circuit Court of Marion eouuty, to correct a mistake in a deed executed by Lough to Michael for a tract of land, to be made by inserting a clause retaining a vendor’s lien for the purchase-money, which plaintiff claimed was omitted by the mistake of .the scrivener. The court made the correction, which had the effect of postponing to their loss other lien-creditors of John E. Michael, and, among them, Perry Lough, who had a deed of trust for three hundred dollars on the land in question, and Columbus Brown, Moi’gan Billingsley, and D. R.…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Stone v. HaleSupreme Court of Alabama · 1850
  2. Worley v. TuggleCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1868
  3. Mattingly v. SpeakCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1867
  4. Pack v. CarderCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1868

3Cited by14 opinions

  1. Edmiston v. WilsonWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1961
  2. Smith v. OwensWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1907
  3. Dunfee v. ChildsWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1906
  4. Johnston v. TerryWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1945
  5. Taylor v. GodfreyWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1907

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