Legal Opinion

Calwell v. Prindle's Adm'r

West Virginia Supreme Court

Decided September 10, 1877PublishedCited by 24 opinions

An appeal granted upon the petition of Alex. F. Mathews, administrator of P. A. Prindle, deceased, to a decree of the circuit court of Greenbrier county, rendered on the 5th of June 1876, in a cause in chancery in said court then pending, in which E. S. Calwell was plaintiff, and said Alex. E. Mathews, administrator of P. A. Prindle, deceased, was defendant. The case is sufficiently stated in the opinion of the Court.

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An appeal granted upon the petition of Alex. F. Mathews, administrator of P. A. Prindle, deceased, to a decree of the circuit court of Greenbrier county, rendered on the 5th of June 1876, in a cause in chancery in said court then pending, in which E. S. Calwell was plaintiff, and said Alex. E. Mathews, administrator of P. A. Prindle, deceased, was defendant. The case is sufficiently stated in the opinion of the Court. Hon. Homer A. Holt, Judge of the eighth judicial circuit, rendered the decree complained of. referred to the following authorities: 2 Green. Ev. §528; 2 Saund. PI. and Ev., part…

1Opinion of the Court

Ha/ymond, Judge,

delivered the opinion of the Court:

On the 13th day of March 1876, the plaintiff sued out of the clerk’s office of • the circuit court, of the *310county of Greenbrier, a summons in chancery against Alexander F. Mathews administrator of P.' A. Prindle deceased, et al.; and afterwards, on the first Monday of April 1876, the plaintiff filed his bill of injunction with the exhibits therein referred to, in the same office. The plaintiffin his bill alleges as follows to-wit: “That on the 10th day of February 1860 he executed to Joel McPherson a deed of trust upon his lands and personal…

2Cited by24 opinions

  1. Seabright v. SeabrightWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1886
  2. Martin v. SmithWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1885
  3. Owens v. Owens's Adm'rWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1878
  4. Cranmer v. McSwordsWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1884
  5. Hurst's Adm'r v. HiteWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1882

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