Legal Opinion
McClure v. Cook
West Virginia Supreme Court
Decided December 1, 1894PublishedCited by 22 opinions
cited 1 Black. Jdgmts. 420; 17 W. Va. 276 ; Id. 313; 23 W. Va. 685; 22 W. Va. 641. cited Code, c. 75, s. 1; 26 W. Va. 607; Code, c. 125, s. 35.
1Opinion of the Court
Holt, Judge :
The decree complained of was pronounced by the Oil-unit Court of Wyoming county on the 16th day of April, 1891; holding a certain tract of land bound by the liens of certain judgments, and subjecting a life-interest therein to sale for their payment. The question raised turns on the meaning and effect of the following deed :
“This, deed, made and entered into 11lls 13th day January, 1888, between Jacob Cook and Lynda Cook, his wife, of the first part, and Jacob A. Cook, of the second part, all of the county of Wyoming and state of West Virginia, wit-nesseth: That for and in…
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