Legal Opinion

Reed v. Nixon

West Virginia Supreme Court

Decided June 11, 1892PublishedCited by 11 opinions

cited 22 W. Va. 356; 35 W. Va. 634. cited 27 W. Va. 639; 28 W. Va. 715 ; 30 W. Va. 495; 19 W. Va. 459; 21 W. Va. 262; 24 W. Va. 524; 27 W. Va. 227; 2 Whar. Ev. § 797; Broom Leg. Max. 341; Best. Ev. § 595; 2 Herm. Estop. § 599; 1 Pom. Eq. §§ 397, 400, 401; 2 Pom. Eq. § 899; 2 Bac. Ab. 594; 27 W. Va. 550.

1Opinion of the Court

Lucas, PResident :

This was a suit in chancery, brought by Robert L. Reed as plaintiff against Elias L. Nixon and others as defendants, in the Circuit Court of Taylor county. The hill was filed at February rules, 1888, and sets out that on the 28th day of November, 1887, the defendant Elias L. Nixon confessed a judgment in favor of his father, John G. Nixon, in the clerk’s office of the Circuit Court of Taylor, for the sum of five thousand two hundred and fifty dollars and sixty two cents; and on the 29th day of November, 1887, he confessed a judgment for five hundred and seventy dollars and…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Smith v. YokeWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1886
  2. Doonan v. GlynnWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1886
  3. Woodyard v. PoisleyWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1878

3Cited by11 opinions

  1. Bernard H. Tabor v. William H. Hardwick, Warden, U. S. Penitentiary, Atlanta, GeorgiaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1955
  2. Behrens v. BaumannWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1909
  3. J. E. Paulson & Co. v. WardNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1894
  4. McClure-Mabie Lumber Co. v. BrooksWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1899
  5. State v. GibsonWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1910

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