Legal Opinion

Lambert v. Lambert

West Virginia Supreme Court

Decided December 21, 1909PublishedCited by 7 opinions

Appeal from Circuit Court, Kandolph County. Bill by Adonijah C. Lambert against Conrad Lambert and another. Decree for defendants, and plaintiff appeals.

1Opinion of the Court

Robinson, Judge:

Adonijah C. Lambert claims, by his bill in this case, that Gertie White promised faithfully to marry him, and that in consideration of marriage he gave her an organ, a sewing machine, and conveyed her, by deed dated November 17, 1904, his sole estate, a mountain farm of 75 acres. But, he alleges, the woman, although renewing her promises to the very day of her marriage to another Lambert, failed and refused to do that which she agreed should be a consideration for the ¡iroperty— marry him. He alleges that her promise to marry him was only an artifice and device to get his…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. White v. BaileyWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1909
  2. Wilfong v. JohnsonWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1895
  3. Goldsmith v. GoldsmithWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1899
  4. Rockafellow v. NewcombIllinois Supreme Court · 1870

3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Cowley v. Northern Pacific Railway Co.Washington Supreme Court · 1912
  2. Dorr v. Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1916
  3. Bryan v. LincolnWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1981
  4. McElroy v. GaySupreme Court of Florida · 1945
  5. Flinn v. BosoWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1917

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