Legal Opinion

Bennett v. Bennett

West Virginia Supreme Court

Decided December 22, 1892PublishedCited by 27 opinions

cited How. Part. §§ 9, 10; 10 W. Ya. 171; 27 W. Ya. 759 ; 4H.4M.1; 5 Band. 126, p’tl,Syll.; 17 Gratt. 187, p’t 10,Syll.; 1 Greenl. Ev. §§117, 118; 30 W. Ya. 248, p’t 4, Syll.; 32 .W.

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cited How. Part. §§ 9, 10; 10 W. Ya. 171; 27 W. Ya. 759 ; 4H.4M.1; 5 Band. 126, p’tl,Syll.; 17 Gratt. 187, p’t 10,Syll.; 1 Greenl. Ev. §§117, 118; 30 W. Ya. 248, p’t 4, Syll.; 32 .W. Ya. 203; Code, c. 74, s. 1; 31 W. Ya. 16; 11 W. Ya. 217; 26 W. Ya. 225; Code, c. 129, s. 4; 13 W. Ya. 440, p’t 10, Syll. cited 32 W. Ya. 566 ; Id. 203 ; Id. 447 ; Code,c. 125, b. 33; 34 W. Ya. 442; Code, c. 130, s. 35; 27 W. Ya. 510, 436; 33 Gratt. 730; 18 W. Ya. 694; 28 W. Ya. 415; Code, c. 130, s. 23; 34 W. Ya. 442; 35 W. Ya. 634; 14 S. E. Rep. 59; 1 Bl. Judgmts § 56; Id. 211; 106111. 36; 47 Pa. St. 307; 33…

1Opinion of the Court

BRANNON, Judge:

On April 19,1889, R. C. Bennett confessed a judgment in favor of Maggie Bennett, then his wife, and she brought a chancery suit in Barbour county against R. C. Bennett and others, alleging the said judgment, and that it was based on borrowed money belonging to her separate estate, for which R. C. Bennett had executed to her his obligations, and that said judgment was alien onE. C. Bennett’s land; and praying that it bo enforced against the same.

J. A. Bishop and William T. Bishop, who were made defendants as judgment-creditor’s, answered the bill,demurring to it, and claiming…

2Cases cited40 opinions

  1. Humes v. ScruggsSupreme Court of the United States · 1877
  2. Medsker v. BonebrakeSupreme Court of the United States · 1883
  3. Burt v. TimmonsWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1887
  4. Wright v. . WrightNew York Court of Appeals · 1873
  5. Hanson v. ManleySupreme Court of Iowa · 1887

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3Cited by27 opinions

  1. Coffindaffer v. CoffindafferWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1978
  2. Spradling v. SpradlingWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1937
  3. Wood v. HarmisonWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1895
  4. R. D. Johnson Milling Co. v. ReadWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1915
  5. Wood v. WoodWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1943

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