Bansimer v. Fell
West Virginia Supreme Court
T. — A surety for the payment of money can not call on his principal until he has paid the debt. — Serg. Meas. Dam. (5th Ed.) 341, 342; Id. 344; Id. 346; Id. 351; 12 W. Ya. 655; 2 B. & Aid. 51; 22 Gratt. 750 ; Brandt Surety & Guar. 253. II. — Parties.—Code, e. 139, s. 7; 35 W. Ya. 32-34 ; 16 W. Ya. 732; 23 W. Ya. 656; 22 W. Ya. 444; 17 W. Ya. 656; 16 W. Ya. 625 ; Code, e. 130, s. 7. Parties. — 23 W. Ya. 724; 26 W. V"a. 686.
1Opinion of the Court
Brannon, President :
In 1890 W. G. Bansimer brought a chancery suit in the Greenbrier Circuit Court against John P. Fell, as sole defendant, to assert the lien of a judgment in favor of Ban-simer against Pell upon a tract of three hundred and fifty acres of land, called the “Creigh Tract,” owned by Pell. The suit was in behalf of Bansimer himself and all other holders of liens against Pell’s land; and under a reference to a commissioner to ascertain such liens a report was made finding certain liens as existing on said tract, which report was confirmed. The liens reported were decreed against…
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