Legal Opinion

Walker v. Summers

West Virginia Supreme Court

Decided September 11, 1876PublishedCited by 7 opinions

Appeal from a decree of the circuit court of Kanawha county, rendered on the 15th day of August, 1874, in a chancery cause pending, at rules in the clerk’s office of said court, in which J. Brisben Walker, was complainant, and Lewis Summers, and others, defendants. The facts fully appear, in the opinion of the, Court. Hon. Joseph Smith, judge of said circuit court, presided at the hearing below.

1Opinion of the Court

Haymokd, President.

This is a bill with injunction granted thereon, filed in the circuit court of Kanawha county, in July, 1874. It alleges, substantially, that on the tenth day of February, 1871, the defendant, Lewis Summers, and Lucy W., his wife, conveyed to plaintiff, a tract of land in said county, situate on Kanawha river, immediately below the cityaof Charleston, and containing 160 acres ; that on the same day, plaintiff conveyed the said tract of land to W. Sydney Laidley in trust, to secure said Summers the deferred instalments of purchase money due upon said land, to-wit: #1,974, due…

2Cited by7 opinions

  1. Keystone Bridge Co. v. SummersWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1878
  2. Town of Paden City v. FeltonWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1951
  3. Hast v. Railroad Co.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1903
  4. Miller v. City of BluefieldWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1920
  5. Parsons v. ThornburgWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1880

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