Legal Opinion

Arnold v. Bunnell

West Virginia Supreme Court

Decided November 28, 1896PublishedCited by 9 opinions

cited 2 Bouv. Law Die. 237; 1 Beach, Eq. Jur § 362; 8 W. Ya. 515; 4 Min. Inst. 749; 26 W. Ya. 345; 18 W. Ya. 598; 2 Gratt. 319; 11 Gratt. 172; 27 W. Ya. 762; 32 W. Ya. 600; 36 W. Ya. 490; 22 W. Va. 126; 101 U. S. 11; 5 Gratt. 110. I. — Partition valid on all heirs of Sims including the married women and on Blairs. — 2 Lomax Dig. 96, § 10; 1 Tuck. 177; 15 Gratt. 376; 5 Gratt. 110, pt. 2; 42 Am. Dec. 275; 53 Id. 481; 17 Am. & Eng. Enc.

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cited 2 Bouv. Law Die. 237; 1 Beach, Eq. Jur § 362; 8 W. Ya. 515; 4 Min. Inst. 749; 26 W. Ya. 345; 18 W. Ya. 598; 2 Gratt. 319; 11 Gratt. 172; 27 W. Ya. 762; 32 W. Ya. 600; 36 W. Ya. 490; 22 W. Va. 126; 101 U. S. 11; 5 Gratt. 110. I. — Partition valid on all heirs of Sims including the married women and on Blairs. — 2 Lomax Dig. 96, § 10; 1 Tuck. 177; 15 Gratt. 376; 5 Gratt. 110, pt. 2; 42 Am. Dec. 275; 53 Id. 481; 17 Am. & Eng. Enc. Law, 662. II. — Racer as tenant by curtesy had right to make partition without his wife. — 2 Gratt. 340; 15 Gratt. 376, 378. III. — Absent heirs, Millie, Phoebe…

1Opinion of the Court

English, Judge:

This was an actiou of ejectment, brought in the Circuit Court of Lewis county, by George J. Arnold, Cora Martin (late Cora Arnold) S. B. Hall, Porter W. Watson, and Charles A. Watson (the last two being infants, who sued by their next friend, John B. Watson) against E. N. Bun-nell, Watson M.Bunto'n, Robert P. Underwood, J. M. Bennett, and James Crawford, to recover a tract of land described in the declaration as lying in said Lewis county, W. Va., on the left hand fork of the West Pork river and Laurel run, a tributary of said river, and containing ninety eight acres, setting…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Merritt v. HughesWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1892
  2. Central Land Co. v. LaidleyWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1889
  3. Henderson v. SmithWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1885
  4. Poindexter v. JeffriesSupreme Court of Virginia · 1859
  5. Linn v. PattonWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1877

3Cited by9 opinions

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  3. Bennett v. PerkinsWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1900
  4. Field v. LeiterWyoming Supreme Court · 1907
  5. United Fuel Gas Co. v. DyerCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1950

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