Legal Opinion

Ransom v. High

West Virginia Supreme Court

Decided April 1, 1893PublishedCited by 7 opinions

cited Code, e. 79, ss. 1, 2, 3, et seq.; 3 Rand. 361; Per. Tr. (2d Ed.) § 162; 1 Atlc. 447 ; 2 Atk. 150; Id., 157; 1 Johns. Ch’y 329 ; 35 Md. 327; 19 2ST. J. Ch’y 123; 28 Cal. 632; 15 Mich. 94; 8 C. E. Creen 60.

1Opinion of the Court

Holt, Judge :

In Hovember. 1889, plaintiff, H. B. Ransom, brought this *839suit in equity in the Circuit Court of Kanawha county for partition between himself and defendant Mary C. High, wife of defendant Charles High, of a tract of land described in the title papers as containing one hundred and twelve acres, but found by actual survey in this ease to contain only one hundred and eight and one half acres. The defendants having been served with process and not appearing, the Circuit Court, by decree of December 18, 1889, appointed three commissioners to go upon the land and divide the same into…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Dutton v. DuttonIndiana Supreme Court · 1868
  2. Stewart v. PowellCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1890
  3. Smith v. Moore's HeirsCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1838

3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Smith v. GreeneWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1915
  2. Richmond v. RichmondWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1907
  3. Alderson v. Horse Creek Coal Land Co.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1922
  4. Goodman v. GoodmanSupreme Court of Virginia · 1919
  5. Bland v. BlandWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1990

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