Legal Opinion

Handlan v. Handlan

West Virginia Supreme Court

Decided November 18, 1896PublishedCited by 3 opinions

cited 31 Ohio St. 247; 4 Co. 23; 12 Co-. 124; 33 Mo. 114; 54 Am. Dec. 614; 29 N. H. 399; 2 Earb. 153; 63 Pa. St. 320; 50 Md. 214-33; 99 N. C. 453; 78 G-a. 150; 23 Ga. 168-70; 21 Ala. 807; 63 Tex. 88; 31 Ohio St. 247; 111 Ind. 433; 10 N. E. 848; 81 Mo. 610; 53 Cal. 737; 6 Dk. 87; 32 Am. Eec. 68; 4 Eenio, 262; 19 Wend. 650; 80 N. C. 91; 39 Ala.

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cited 31 Ohio St. 247; 4 Co. 23; 12 Co-. 124; 33 Mo. 114; 54 Am. Dec. 614; 29 N. H. 399; 2 Earb. 153; 63 Pa. St. 320; 50 Md. 214-33; 99 N. C. 453; 78 G-a. 150; 23 Ga. 168-70; 21 Ala. 807; 63 Tex. 88; 31 Ohio St. 247; 111 Ind. 433; 10 N. E. 848; 81 Mo. 610; 53 Cal. 737; 6 Dk. 87; 32 Am. Eec. 68; 4 Eenio, 262; 19 Wend. 650; 80 N. C. 91; 39 Ala. App’l 565; 1 L. A. E. 283; 55 Tex. 193; 19 Wis. 339; 54 la. 541; 82 III. 279; 62 la. 177; 14 la. 446; 86 Cal. 449; 23 W. Va. 594; 15 W. Va. 578; 21 W. Va. 474; 5 W. Va. 71; Brown on Div. pp. 434-5; 5 Bush. (Ky.) 167; 2 Md. 429; 3 Mo. 54; 1 Bisb. M. & D.…

1Opinion of the Court

Dent, Judge:

William M. Handlan filed his bill in chancery in the Circuit Court of Ohio county against his divorced wife, Kate G. Handlan, seeking to set aside a certain absolute conveyance of real estate made by himself indirectly through a trustee to his wife during coverture, and also to cancel the decree of divorce in so far as it approves such conveyance. The defendant demurred, and the court sustained her demurrer, and, the plaintiff declining to amend, dismissed the bill. The plaintiff having appealed now here insists that the demurrer was illegally sustained.

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2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Pusey v. GardnerWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1883
  2. Zane v. FinkWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1881

3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Wright v. YoungArizona Supreme Court · 1918
  2. Smith v. SmithWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1943
  3. Adams v. IrwinWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1898

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