Legal Opinion

Thrasher v. Ballard

West Virginia Supreme Court

Decided November 14, 1891PublishedCited by 7 opinions

cited 1 Graft. 1; 18 Graft. 541; 11 Graft. 454; 6 Mnnf. 356; 13 W. Va. 510; 2 Min. Inst. 823; 73 Am. Dec. 1886 ; 47 Am. Dec. 601. cited 11 Graft. 466; 2 Graft. 1; Lom. Dig. 232-234, 517 ; 2 Min. Inst. 821, 823.

1Opinion of the Court

BranNON, Judge :

This is an action of ejectment in the Circuit Court of Monroe by Lucy J. Thrasher against Lewis Ballard and others, resulting in a judgment in favor of the plaintiff for *525an -undivided half of the tract of land in controversy; and she claiming the whole tract comes to this Court to reverse the judgment because it allowed her only half of the tract.

The only question before this Court is whether Mrs. Thrasher should have had judgment for the half or whole of the land, and that depends on the construction of a deed made 12th March, 1845, by Daniel Stoner to Vm. Nossinger conveying…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Rhett v. Mason's ex'xSupreme Court of Virginia · 1868
  2. Steele v. LevisaySupreme Court of Virginia · 1854

3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Security-First National Bank v. GreenCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1935
  2. L'Hommedieu v. JohnsonCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1936
  3. Daniel v. BrownSupreme Court of Virginia · 1931
  4. Faloon v. FlannerySupreme Court of Minnesota · 1898
  5. Hawthorn v. UlrichIllinois Supreme Court · 1904

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