Legal Opinion

Mills v. McLanahan

West Virginia Supreme Court

Decided February 6, 1912PublishedCited by 9 opinions

Appeal from, Circuit Court, Mercer County. Suit by J. B. Mills and others against Johnston McLanahan and another. From a decree for plaintiffs, defendants appeal.

1Opinion of the Court

Miller, Judge:

In the decree appealed from, the court below decreed that plaintiffs and other heirs at law of Robert Mills, deceased, were entitled to specific execution of the contract of sale of the one thousand acres of land proven to have been made in 1866, by John R. Dunlap, administrator de bonis non with thie will annexed of Robert McCulloch, deceased, to said Robert Mills, and particularly described in the decree, by metes and bounds, according to a plat and survey thereof, made by Stinson, survey- or, in 1874, filed in the cause. And being of opinion that the defense of innocent'…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. Simmons Creek Coal Co. v. DoranSupreme Court of the United States · 1892
  2. Ruckman v. CorySupreme Court of the United States · 1889
  3. Frame v. FrameWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1889
  4. Steenrod's Adm'r v. W. P. & B. R. R.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1885
  5. Calwell's Ex'r v. Prindle's Adm'rWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1882

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3Cited by9 opinions

  1. Johnston v. TerryWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1945
  2. Heck v. MorganWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1921
  3. Bailey v. BantherWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1984
  4. Marshall v. PorterWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1913
  5. Page v. Westfield Pharmacy, Inc.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1925

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