Legal Opinion

Gardner v. Johnston

West Virginia Supreme Court

Decided September 9, 1876PublishedCited by 17 opinions

Appeal from a decree of the circuit court of Jefferson •county, pronounced on the thirteenth day of April, 1874, in a cause therein pending, wherein John W. 'Gardner, John Urton, and Francis Gardner were plaintiffs, and George W. Johnston, William H. Travers, T. W. Porterfield, David Johnston, Thomas Brown, John Boland, Randolph Custer, William Rissler, Hezekiah Colbert, Solomon Fleming, David Henderson, Joseph Duncan, and William Shaffer were defendants.

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Appeal from a decree of the circuit court of Jefferson •county, pronounced on the thirteenth day of April, 1874, in a cause therein pending, wherein John W. 'Gardner, John Urton, and Francis Gardner were plaintiffs, and George W. Johnston, William H. Travers, T. W. Porterfield, David Johnston, Thomas Brown, John Boland, Randolph Custer, William Rissler, Hezekiah Colbert, Solomon Fleming, David Henderson, Joseph Duncan, and William Shaffer were defendants. Appeal granted on the petition of said plaintiffs. The facts of the case are set forth in the' opinion of this Court. Hon. Joseph A.…

1Opinion of the Court

EdmistoN, Judge:

This is an appeal from a decree of the circuit- court of Jefferson county, dismissing the bill of-the plaintiffs, *404filed for the purpose of setting aside a deed of trust exé-■cuted by the defendant, George W. Johnston, upon certain ¡u’ojoerty, to secure the debts due from him to' certain creditors named in said trust deed.

On the tenth day of February, 1869, the defendant, George W. Johnston, conveyed to William IT. Travers, trustee, the following property : About twelve hundred bushels of wheat, red and white, about three hundred bushels of offal, forty bushels of corn, one…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Bank of U. S. v. BeirneSupreme Court of Virginia · 1844
  2. Cochran v. ParisSupreme Court of Virginia · 1854
  3. Dance v. SeamanSupreme Court of Virginia · 1854

3Cited by17 opinions

  1. Livesay's Ex'r v. BeardWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1883
  2. Benedict, Hall & Co. v. Renfro Bros.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1883
  3. Cochran v. ParisSupreme Court of Virginia · 1854
  4. Landeman v. Wilson & BeardsleyWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1887
  5. Curtin v. IsaacsenWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1892

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