Norvell v. Hedrick
West Virginia Supreme Court
Appeal from and supersedeas to a dncree of the circuit coui’t of the county of Kanawha, rendered on the 5th day of June, 1880, wherein Iiuth A. Norvell was plaintiff, and Charles Hedrick, trustee, and others were defendants, allowed upon the petition of said Norvell. Hon. Joseph Smith, judge of the seventh judicial circuit, rendered the decree appealed from.
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Appeal from and supersedeas to a dncree of the circuit coui’t of the county of Kanawha, rendered on the 5th day of June, 1880, wherein Iiuth A. Norvell was plaintiff, and Charles Hedrick, trustee, and others were defendants, allowed upon the petition of said Norvell. Hon. Joseph Smith, judge of the seventh judicial circuit, rendered the decree appealed from. Skyder, Judge, furnishes the following statement of the case: W. A. Whitaker and wife and A. W. Quarrier, by deed dated June 21, 1862, conveyed certain real estate situate in Charleston, Kanawha county, to Elizabeth Merriam for life with…
1Judgment of the CourtSnyder, Judge
It is claimed by the appellant, that the trust-deed of January 13, 1871, from W. A. Quarrier, trustee, to Chas. Hedrick, trustee, did not operate as a conveyance of either the legal or equitable title to, the real estate therein described; because neither she nor her husband is a party thereto, nor was it signed or acknowledged by either; and because she being a married woman and her husband not having united in the written request, her privy examination and acknowledgment of said request are of no effect as to her.
These objections rest, evidently, upon a misapprehension of the law and the…
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