Legal Opinion
Graham v. Graham
West Virginia Supreme Court
Decided December 1, 1883PublishedCited by 42 opinions
The facts of the case appear in the opinion of the Court.
1Opinion of the Court
JOHNSON, President:
Joseph Graham by his will made the following bequests:
“In the first place I give to my beloved wife Kebecca one third of all my personal property, and also any use she may have need of any part of my land, that may be in possession of her children during her life, in proportion to'what they possess.
“And in the second place, I give my daughter Betsey Bal-lenger one hundred acres of land where she now lives, to bo laid off according to a writing in her favor, and not to be of the two hundred and eighty-six acre survey which is given by her grandfather’s will to her mother.
“I…
2Cases cited7 opinions
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- Houser v. RuffnerWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1881
- Irwin v. ZaneWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1879
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- Pickering v. LangdonSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1843
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3Cited by42 opinions
- Bartlett v. PattonWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1889
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- Farmers & Merchants Bank of Keyser v. Farmers & Merchants Bank of KeyserWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1975
- Stearns v. StearnsSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1925
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