Legal Opinion

Weekley v. Weekley

West Virginia Supreme Court

Decided December 15, 1914PublishedCited by 8 opinions

Error to Circuit Court, Marion County. Ejectment by John W. Weekley against Lillie Weekley and others. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendants bring error.

1Opinion of the Court

Lynch, Judge :

In ejectment, wherein John W. Weekley was plaintiff and Lillie Weekley and her. inf ant son were defendants, the circuit court of Marion county, on facts agreed, found for plaintiff, and defendants have assigned error. The result of the action depended solely upon the construction of the deed under which the parties claimed title to the two lots in controversy. No question arose as to the consideration for the grant, or the identification of the lots conveyed.

Though unskillfully drawn, the deed was sufficient to pass the title. The sole question is whether the grant was to W. J.…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Uhl v. Ohio River RailroadWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1902
  2. First National Bank of Wellsburg v. KimberlandsWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1880
  3. Sawyer v. CorseSupreme Court of Virginia · 1867
  4. Douglass v. Central Land Co.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1878
  5. Irvin v. StoverWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1910

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3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Maddy v. MaddyWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1921
  2. Blake v. HedrickWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1923
  3. McConaughey v. HoltWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1926
  4. Kidwell v. RogersWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1927
  5. Bartlett v. PettyWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1923

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