Hollingsworth & Co. v. Brooks
West Virginia Supreme Court
An appeal, by John Slack, administrator of R. M. Mai com, Charles Hedrick, administrator of L. Wilcox' and Benjamin S. Smithers, administrator of William Shrewsbury, from a decree of the circuit court of Kana-wha county, rendered on the 9th day ofNovember, 1872. The complainants below were Hollingsworth & Co., a firm that long since ceased to exist, and several other firms that have likewise ceased to exist and the respondents William C. Brooks and others-— whose names it is…
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An appeal, by John Slack, administrator of R. M. Mai com, Charles Hedrick, administrator of L. Wilcox' and Benjamin S. Smithers, administrator of William Shrewsbury, from a decree of the circuit court of Kana-wha county, rendered on the 9th day ofNovember, 1872. The complainants below were Hollingsworth & Co., a firm that long since ceased to exist, and several other firms that have likewise ceased to exist and the respondents William C. Brooks and others-— whose names it is not necessary to here set forth. Such material facts as are necessary to understand the decision of this Court are…
1Opinion of the Court
Paull, Judge :
The defendants, William C. Brooks, William A. Brigham and títuart Robinson, were, on the 5th day on January, 1855, jointly seized of certain valuable salt property, consisting of real estate situated in the county of Kanawha, on which were located coal banks, wells, furnaces, houses, railroads, and other improvements used in ’ the manufacture of salt: they were also possessed, jointly, of certain personal property, consisting of stock used in connection with the aforesaid real estate, and also of certain negroes. Being thus seized and possessed of the above named property, the…
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