Legal Opinion

Dent v. Wait's Admr.

West Virginia Supreme Court

Decided July 17, 1876PublishedCited by 5 opinions

Appeal from, and supersedeas to, a decree of the circuit court of Wood county, rendered on the twenty-ninth day of July, 1875, granted upon the petition of S. S. Cook, administrator of the estate of Walton Wait, deceased. The complainant below was George Dent, and the respondents, the said Cook, as administrator, as aforesaid, Robert Crichton and The Second National Bank of Parkersburg. The other facts are stated in the opinion of the Court.

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Appeal from, and supersedeas to, a decree of the circuit court of Wood county, rendered on the twenty-ninth day of July, 1875, granted upon the petition of S. S. Cook, administrator of the estate of Walton Wait, deceased. The complainant below was George Dent, and the respondents, the said Cook, as administrator, as aforesaid, Robert Crichton and The Second National Bank of Parkersburg. The other facts are stated in the opinion of the Court. The Hon. James M. Jackson,.judge of said circuit court, presided at the hearing below.

1Opinion of the Court

Edmistou, Judge :

This is an appeal from a decree of the circuit court of "Wood county. George Dent filed his bill against one Robert Crichton, S. S. Cook, administrator of Walton Wait, deceased, and The Second National Bank of Parkersburg. In his bill he alleges that the Second National Bank of Parkersbug, at the spring term, 1872, of the circuit court of Wood county, obtained a judgment against Crichton and Wait for the sum of $256.70, with interest thereon from the sixth day of September, 1871, till paid, and $17.15 costs, and files an abstract of said judgment as part of his bill. This…

2Cases cited2 opinions

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  2. Hill v. ManserSupreme Court of Virginia · 1854

3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Pickens v. WoodWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1905
  2. Brown v. ThompsonWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1925
  3. Weimer v. TalbotWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1904
  4. Schilb v. MoonWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1901
  5. Myers v. MillerWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1898

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