Sheffey v. Davis Colliery Co.
District Court, N.D. West Virginia
In Equity. Suit by Maggie Sheffey and others against the Davis Colliery Company and others.
1Opinion of the Court
DAYTON, District Judge.
Hugh.W. Sheffey, resident of the state of Virginia, died intestate in 1889, seized of a tract of near 5,000 acres of unimproved land in Randolph county, this state. His law partner, James Bumgardner, Jr., qualified in Virginia as his administrator. His brothers, sisters, and children of his deceased brothers and sisters constituted his heirs at law. In June, 1892, Bumgardner, his administrator, and Maggie Sheffey, daughter of one of his heirs, purporting to represent the other heirs, entered into a contract with O. C. Womelsdorf to sell to him this tract of land at the…
2Cases cited28 opinions
- State v. SnyderWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1908
- Waldron v. HarveyWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1904
- King v. MullinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1898
- Kentucky Union Co. v. KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 1911
- Simpson v. EdmistonWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1884
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