Legal Opinion

Biern v. Ray

West Virginia Supreme Court

Decided March 9, 1901PublishedCited by 23 opinions

Appeal from Circuit Court, Cabell County. Suit by Biern & Friedman against Catharine Ray and W. H. Smith. Decree for plaintiffs, and defendants appeal.

1Opinion of the Court

Poffenbarger, Judge:

The object of this suit is to enforce the lien of a judgment in favor of the plaintiffs and against the defendant Catharine Ray upon an undivided onc-half of a tract of land in Cabell County containing eighty-six and one-half acres, which was conveyed to Isaiah Ray and Catharine Ray his wife by deed dated June 1, 1875, since which time Isaiah Ray has departed this life. The judgment, for one hundred and fifty-two dollars and six cents and two dollars and seventy-live cents costs, was recovered before a justice of the peace of said county March 11, 1890, and an abstract…

2Cases cited18 opinions

  1. Cromwell v. County of SacSupreme Court of the United States · 1877
  2. Southern Pacific Railroad v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1897
  3. New Orleans v. Citizens' BankSupreme Court of the United States · 1897
  4. Davis v. BrownSupreme Court of the United States · 1877
  5. Sayre's v. HarpoldWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1890

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3Cited by23 opinions

  1. St. Lawrence Co. v. HoltWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1902
  2. Lane v. WilliamsWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1965
  3. State v. McEldowneyWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1904
  4. Hudson v. Iguano Land & Mining Co.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1912
  5. Smith's Adm'r v. Charlton's Adm'rSupreme Court of Virginia · 1851

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