Bragg v. Wiseman
West Virginia Supreme Court
Appeal from Circuit Court, Fayette County. Suit by W. W. Bragg against F. J. Wiseman and others. Decree for defendants, and plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
BRANNON, Judge:
Wiseman died seised of some land, leaving nine children to-whom it descended. One of these Ichildren, Minerva, married Wriston and by him had four children. Her husband having died "Minerva Wriston married Bragg, and in 1801 died, leaving her husband and said four Wriston children. Bragg under claim to curtesy in the one undivided ninth of said land brought a suit *332in. 1103 in the circuit court of Fayette county against the heirs ■of Wiseman and the heirs of Minerva Wriston seeking partition of the land so as to have the ninth.of Minerva Wriston set apart in severalty. Upon…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Fulton v. JohnsonWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1884
- Seim v. O'GradyWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1896
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