Thornburg v. Thornburg
West Virginia Supreme Court
Appeal from and supersedeas to a decree of tbe circuit court of tbe county of Ohio, rendered on tbe 17th day of December, 1873, in a cause in said court then pending, wherein Amanda Thornburg was plaintiff, and David M. Thornburg, administrator, and others were defendants, allowed upon tbe petition of said plaintiff. Hon. Thayer Melvin, judge of the first judicial circuit, rendered the decree appealed from.
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Appeal from and supersedeas to a decree of tbe circuit court of tbe county of Ohio, rendered on tbe 17th day of December, 1873, in a cause in said court then pending, wherein Amanda Thornburg was plaintiff, and David M. Thornburg, administrator, and others were defendants, allowed upon tbe petition of said plaintiff. Hon. Thayer Melvin, judge of the first judicial circuit, rendered the decree appealed from. The facts of the case are fully stated in the opinion of tbe Court. ’ relied upon the following authorities: 2 Dan. Chy. Pr. 984, 1003; 2 Phillips 5, 9; Id. 127; Id- 453; Pott. Dwar. on…
1Opinion of the Court
JOHNSON, President,
announced the opinion of the Court:
In 1857 Amanda Thornburg and Thomas Thornburg were married ; and in 1871 Thomas Thornburg died. In December, 1871, Amanda Thornburg filed her bill in the circuit court of Ohio county claiming dower in the real estate, of which the said Thornburg died seized, and her distributable share of his personal estate. The answer to the bill averred, that said Amanda Thornburg had voluntarily and of her own accord abandoned her husband without such cause, as would entitle her to a divorce either from the bonds of matrimony or from bed and board, and…
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