Legal Opinion

Jarvis v. Martin's Administrator

West Virginia Supreme Court

Decided November 26, 1898PublishedCited by 11 opinions

Appeal from Circuit Court, Harrison County. Suit by Lemuel D. Jarvis against Jesse V. Martin’s administrator and others. . Judgment for plaintiff. Defendants appeal.

1Opinion of the Court

Dent, Judge:

L. D. Jarvis filed a bill in chancery against Jesse V. Martin and others in the circuit court of Harrrison County, at April rules, 1894, seeking to enforce a vendor’s lien retained in a certain deed executed by Edwin Maxwell and Burton Despard, trustees, to Jesse V. Martin, bearing date *348the 4th day of March, 1871. Before appearance therein, Jesse V. Martin died, and the suit was revived ag-ainst his administrator and his devisees, some of whom were infants. By the final order it appears that Hugh Martin, a party in his own right as administrator, and Ettie Martin, the only other…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Thompson v. Whitaker Iron Co.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1895
  2. Jackson's Adm'r v. HullWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1883

3Cited by11 opinions

  1. Fowler v. Alabama Iron & Steel Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1910
  2. Carter v. PriceWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1920
  3. Gayle v. PenningtonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1914
  4. Baxter v. National Mortgage Loan Co.Nebraska Supreme Court · 1935
  5. R. D. Johnson Milling Co. v. ReadWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1915

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