Bowen v. Kutzner
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern District of West Virginia, at Bluefield. The bill in equity in this cause was filed by Alice Kutzner, her husband, ■Tolm T. Kutzner, joining with her, against her brother, AV.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern District of West Virginia, at Bluefield. The bill in equity in this cause was filed by Alice Kutzner, her husband, ■Tolm T. Kutzner, joining with her, against her brother, AV. H. Bowen, the defendant in the lower court, and appellant here, for the purpose of having rescinded a certain contract in writing entered into on the 25th day of November, 1902, between the female plaintiff and her brother, the appellant, filed as “Exhibit Contract” with the bill, whereby they divided between them, on the terms and conditions set out in…
1Opinion of the CourtWaddill, District Judge
(after stating the facts as above). Two questions are presented for determination by the court; First, whether the contract entered into on the 25th of November, 1902, by which the appellant secured to himself the large interest that he did in the estate óf his father, by having his sister release to him all her interest in the stock referred to in the contract as the Booth-Bowen Coal & Coke Company and the Norfolk Coal & Coke Company, .is a Valid and binding one1 between the parties under the facts and circumstances under which it was entered into; and, secondly, the validity of the…
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