Legal Opinion

Dudley v. Browning

West Virginia Supreme Court

Decided November 28, 1916PublishedCited by 5 opinions

Appeal from Circuit Court, Logan County. Suit by Lysander Dudley and others against W. S. Browning and others. From decree for defendants, complainants appeal.

1Opinion of the Court

Poffenbarger, Judge :

The decree complained of dismissed, as for want of equity, a bill filed by vendors of land, holding a vendor’s lien thereon, and having for its purpose enlargement of an alleged equitable title into a clear legal one for better security of the debt and removal of cloud from the title of the vendees, in view of possible liability on covenants of warranty.

Two tracts of land containing, respectively, 52 acres and 322 acres, the former known as Lot No. 2 and the latter, as Lot No. 5, in a partition agreement entered into by the heirs .of Boyd W. Mullins, for division of a…

2Cases cited28 opinions

  1. Williamson v. JonesWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1897
  2. Waldron v. HarveyWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1904
  3. Freer v. DavisWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1902
  4. Davis v. SettleWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1896
  5. McNeeley v. South Penn Oil Co.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1903

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3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Tate v. United Fuel Gas Co.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1952
  2. Cottrell v. State Compensation CommissionerWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1960
  3. Tressler Coal Mining Co. v. KlefeldWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1943
  4. Hawkinberry v. MetzWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1922
  5. Cottrell v. State Compensation CommissionerWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1960

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