Roller v. Murray
West Virginia Supreme Court
Appeal from Circuit Court, Pendleton County. Action by John E. Roller against Mary II. Murray and others. Judgment for defendants, and plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
POEEENBARGER, JUDGE:
The initial question in this cause is, whether a decree of a court of one state of the Union, declaring a contract void or unenforcible, because, under the law of its state, it is cham-pertous, is entitled to full faith and credit, by virtue of section 1 of Article IV. of the federal Constitution and the Act of Congress of May 26, 1790, in another state in which the con*163tract, unaffected by the decision, is valid. In Roller v. Murray, 107 Va. 527, the contract here involved was declared cham-pertous and enforcement thereof refused. That decision has been invoked here by a…
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