Dent v. Pickens
West Virginia Supreme Court
Appeal from Circuit Court, Barbour County. Bill by Susan C. Dent against Dever Pickens and others. Decree for defendants, and plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
McWhoeter, Judge:
On the 27th day of January, 1888, Susan C. Dent instituted her action at law in Barbour circuit court against Pever Pickens to recover damages against him for an alleged breach of promise of marriage, and laid her damages at twenty-five thousand dollars. On the 14th day of January, 1889. while said' action was pending, and before it was tried, the said defendant, Pickens, executed to John J. Davis and A. G. Dayton, trustees (two of his counsel in said action), a deed of trust upon all the real estate owned by him, consisting in all of about five hundred and seventy-one…
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