Linn v. Collins
West Virginia Supreme Court
Appeal from Circuit Court, Ritchie County. Suit by R. G. Linn, aclminstrator, etc., against C. M. Collins and another. From a decree for defendants, plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
"Williams, PrbsideNT :
R. G. Linn, as administrator de bonis non, with the will annexed, of G. D. Camden, deceased, is prosecuting this suit in equity to collect the money claimed to be due on a lost *594note, executed to his testator by Sarah E. Collins and C. M. Collins, her husband, and alleged to have been secured by trust deed upon certain lands, formerly owned'by said Col-linses, situate in Ritchie county. The circuit court dismissed Ms suit, and he has appealed.
A brief history of the origin of the debt, the manner in which it was secured, and of this proceeding is essential to a correct…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Hull v. Hull's HeirsWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1885
- Coffman v. HedrickWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1889
- Ferrell v. FerrellWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1903
- Wilfong v. JohnsonWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1895
- Alexander v. DavisWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1896
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