Bradford v. McConihay
West Virginia Supreme Court
Appeal from a decree of the circuit court of the county of-Kanawha, rendered on the 16th day of Novembei, 1875, in a suit in chancery in said court then pending, wherein Amelia W. Bradford and others were plaintiffs, and John McCohihay and others were defendants, allowed upon the petition of said plaintiffs. Hon. Joseph Smith, judge of the seventh judicial circuit, rendered the decree appealed from.
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Appeal from a decree of the circuit court of the county of-Kanawha, rendered on the 16th day of Novembei, 1875, in a suit in chancery in said court then pending, wherein Amelia W. Bradford and others were plaintiffs, and John McCohihay and others were defendants, allowed upon the petition of said plaintiffs. Hon. Joseph Smith, judge of the seventh judicial circuit, rendered the decree appealed from. Green, President, furnishes the following statement of the Case : On July 13, 1839, Madison Morris and wife in consideration of$>7,500.00, conveyed to Luke Wilcox a tract of land by metes and…
1Opinion of the Court
Green, PRESIDENT,-
delivered the opinion of the Court:
The first question presented by this record is : Did the will of Luke "Wilcox, as interpreted by the circuit court of Kanawha county by the decree of November 29, 1856, SylIabus 1. authorize the sale of this three hundred and twelve acre tract, or rather the saleof the coal and timber on this tract? This interest in this tract was unquestionably derived by the testator from the conveyance made to him by Madison Morris.” The decree assigning this interest to him says : “ It is to be held by him in severalty as for his own property which he…
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