Legal Opinion

Teter v. Teter

West Virginia Supreme Court

Decided February 16, 1909PublishedCited by 11 opinions

Appeal from Circuit Court, Barbour County. Bill by J. M. Teter, administrator, against W. W. Teter and others. Decree for defendants, and plaintiff appeals.

1Opinion of the Court

Robinson, Judge:

The bill was dismissed upon demurrér. Plaintiff complains of such dismissal by this appeal. Is there equity in the bill? Its substance is that plaintiff’s decedent was an accommodation endorser on a joint note of defendants, made payable to him, and negotiated at a bank for their sole benefit; that the note was duly proved and decreed as a debt against decedent’s estate, in a suit to subject the real estate of decedent to the payment of his debts; that the real estate was in that suit decreed to be sold for the payment of the debts, and that pursuant to the decree it was sold…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Harris v. ElliottWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1898
  2. Laidley v. LaidleyWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1885
  3. Frye v. MileyWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1903
  4. Lane v. FarmerSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1852

3Cited by11 opinions

  1. United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co. v. Home Bank for SavingsWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1916
  2. Hope Natural Gas Co. v. ShriverWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1914
  3. Aetna Casualty & Surety Co. v. WhaleySupreme Court of Virginia · 1939
  4. Newton v. KemperWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1909
  5. Maxwell v. Davis Trust Co.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1911

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