McGinnis v. Caldwell
West Virginia Supreme Court
Appeal from Circuit Court, Ritchie County. Bill in equity by Benjamin McGinnis against John Caldwell and others. From a decree for plaintiff, defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
Beannon, President:
In 1858 Robert Caldwell died owning a tract of land, and Patrich Murray as a creditor brought a chancery suit against Caldwell’s heirs to sell the land to pay Caldwell’s debts. Out of this land 57*4 acres was by decree assigned to Caldwell’s widow as dower, and the balance was subjected to sale by decree in the year 1860 to pay various debts against Caldwell-, and it was sold and the sale confirmed to A. S. Core. As the part sold did not realize a sum sufficient to discharge the debts, a decree was made in the year 1860, subjecting to sale the reversion after the…
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