Hunter's Ex'rs v. Hunter
West Virginia Supreme Court
Appeal from, and supersedeas to, four decrees of the circuit court of the county of Greenbrier, rendered, respectively, on the Slst October, 1874; 30th June, 1875; 17th November, 1875; and 22d November, 1875, in a cause in chancery, pending in said court, wherein John A. Hunter's executors were plaintiffs, and Rebecca A. Hunter and others were defendants. The appeal was granted upon the petition of Rebecca A. Hunter.
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Appeal from, and supersedeas to, four decrees of the circuit court of the county of Greenbrier, rendered, respectively, on the Slst October, 1874; 30th June, 1875; 17th November, 1875; and 22d November, 1875, in a cause in chancery, pending in said court, wherein John A. Hunter's executors were plaintiffs, and Rebecca A. Hunter and others were defendants. The appeal was granted upon the petition of Rebecca A. Hunter. The decree of 31st October, 1874, was rendered by J, W. Davis, a member of the bar of the circuit court of Greenbrier county, who was appointed by the counsel in the cause to act…
1Opinion of the CourtJohnson, Judge
This is an appeal from the several decrees of the circuit court of Greenbrier county, rendered in this cause by Mrs. Bebecca A. Hunter, who assigned the following errors therein:
First. The failure of the court to pass upon the valid*342ity of tbe deed made by U. N. Warren. to her and her children, in 1870: 7
Second. That the court set aside the deed made to her and her children, by U. N. Warren, in the year 1866.
Third. The refusal of the court to assign her dower in the whole of her husband’s lands.
As to the first ei'ror assigned: There is no mention made, either in the petition of D. M. Erwin and…
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