Reed v. Hedges
West Virginia Supreme Court
Appeal from three decrees of the circuit court of the county of Jefferson rendered, the first on the 28th day of April, 1875, the second on the 15th day of November, 1876, and the third on the 17th day of November, 1876, in a cause in chancery in said court then pending, wherein Lucy G. Reed and Mary C. Roper were plaintiffs and William L. Hedges and Edward Spaw orSpohr were defendants, granted upon the petition of said plaintiffs.
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Appeal from three decrees of the circuit court of the county of Jefferson rendered, the first on the 28th day of April, 1875, the second on the 15th day of November, 1876, and the third on the 17th day of November, 1876, in a cause in chancery in said court then pending, wherein Lucy G. Reed and Mary C. Roper were plaintiffs and William L. Hedges and Edward Spaw orSpohr were defendants, granted upon the petition of said plaintiffs. Hon. J. B. Hoge, judge of the third judicial circuit, rendered the decrees appealed from. Haymond, Judge, furnishes the following statement of the case: The bill…
1Opinion of the CourtHaymond, Judge
I understand from the decrees of the circuit court made in this cause on the 28th day of April, 1876, and on the 15th day of November, 1876, that that court held and decided in and by said decrees that the defendant, Spohr, cannot in this suit be held liable, as security for the defendant Hedges in the bond, for the proceeds of the real estate sold under the decree of the circuit court of Jefferson county in the bill mentioned, but that he (Spohr) is bound as security in the guardianship bond proper (that is to say the original guardian-bond), as guardian of Lucy G. Reed and Mary C. Roper,…
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