Shank v. Groff
West Virginia Supreme Court
Appeal from Circuit Court, Grant County. Bill bySamuelB. Shank against Samuel Groff andothers. A decree was rendered, from which defendant Given appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
Brannon, President:
This case was once before in this Court. 43 W. Va. 337, (27 S. E. 340). The bill claimed that a deed, absolute on its face, was in fact but a mortgage, and it sougnt to compel the parties claiming under that deed to so treat it, and allow a redemption of such mortgage. This Court decided that it was a mortgage, and directed that a redemption be allowed. When the case went back, it was referred to a commissioner to report the proper sum “to be paid in such redemption,” and his report fixed a sum which excluded interest for some years, because of a tender which Shank claimed…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Gilkeson v. SmithWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1879
- Thompson v. LyonWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1894
- Shank v. GroffWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1897
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