In re Teter
District Court, N.D. West Virginia
In Bankruptcy. In the matter of Thomas B. Teter, bankrupt. On review of order of referee. Mary Sophia Teter, wife of the bankrupt, has filed, herein her petition, In which she alleges that she was a daughter of Braxton B. Durrett, a man of large estate, and was married to Teter March o, 1874; that his father, Jesse Teter, on February 3, 1880, executed to him a deed for two tracts of 1G7 and 20 acres of land, for a stated consideration of $1,000, of which $250 is recited to…
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In Bankruptcy. In the matter of Thomas B. Teter, bankrupt. On review of order of referee. Mary Sophia Teter, wife of the bankrupt, has filed, herein her petition, In which she alleges that she was a daughter of Braxton B. Durrett, a man of large estate, and was married to Teter March o, 1874; that his father, Jesse Teter, on February 3, 1880, executed to him a deed for two tracts of 1G7 and 20 acres of land, for a stated consideration of $1,000, of which $250 is recited to have been paid, and the residue, $750, was payable in three installments, of $250 each, for whic-h notes were given and a…
1Opinion of the CourtDayton, District Judge
(after stating the facts as above). The agreement charged to have been made at the time the two tracts of land were conveyed by his father to the bankrupt was that the petitioner should pay the $1,000 and have conveyed to her the land in value lo *800the extent of such payment, or that a vendor’s lien was to be retained upon the land to secure her the repayment of her money. Neither of these things has ever been done, and, after the lapse of 29 years, the question arises whether the pleading and evidence justifies equity and good conscience to do either for the relief of petitioner, against the…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- Currence v. WardWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1897
- Bank v. AtkinsonWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1889
- Shaffer v. FettyWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1887
- Bowyer v. SeymourWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1878
- Murry v. SellWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1884
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