Legal Opinion

Mitchell v. Dawson

West Virginia Supreme Court

Decided December 8, 1883PublishedCited by 1 opinion

The facts of the caso are stated in the opinion of the Court.

1Opinion of the Court

Snyder, Jud&e:

This suit was brought October 12, 1876, in the circuit *87court of Harrison county by Jesse Mitchell and John D. Nomine against Edward Dawson, Daniel Stout and others to subject a tract of about ninety-four acres of land situate on Nice’s run in said county to the payment of a debt alleged by tlio plaintiffs to be an equitable vendor’s lien thereon. The circuit court held that said land had passed into the hands of a bona fide, purchaser who had paid all the purchase-money due from him except twenty-five dollars before he had any notice of the plaintiff’s claim and that the…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Bayley v. GreenleafSupreme Court of the United States · 1822
  2. Murray v. LylburnNew York Court of Chancery · 1817
  3. Yancey v. MauckSupreme Court of Virginia · 1859

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Poe v. Paxton's HeirsWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1885

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