Merchants National Bank v. Good
West Virginia Supreme Court
Appeal from and supersedeas to a decree of the circuit court of the county of Ohio, rendered on the 23d day of May, 1881, in a cause in said court then pending, wherein the Merchants National Banlc of West Virginia was plaintiff, and J. TIanson Good, administrator, and others were defendants, allowed upon the petition of said Good. lion. Thayer Melvin, judge of the first judicial circuit, rendered the judgment appealed from.
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Appeal from and supersedeas to a decree of the circuit court of the county of Ohio, rendered on the 23d day of May, 1881, in a cause in said court then pending, wherein the Merchants National Banlc of West Virginia was plaintiff, and J. TIanson Good, administrator, and others were defendants, allowed upon the petition of said Good. lion. Thayer Melvin, judge of the first judicial circuit, rendered the judgment appealed from. Snyder, Judge, furnishes the following statement of the case: On the 14th day of October, 1872, and for many years prior thereto, Benoni S. Good was the owner in fee of…
1Judgment of the CourtSnyder, Judge
*461The first error complained of, is that the circuit court improperly overruled the demurrer to plaintiffs bill. This objection seems to be founded on the averment of the bill, that the plaintiffs judgment against the administrator of B. S. Good is a lien on the real estate therein mentioned, and the prayer asking that said lien may be enforced. It is true the bill does so state, but it, also, avers that the said B. S. Good was long prior to the date of the deed conveying said real estate indebted to the plaintiff by note for one thousand four hundred dollars, which note by renewals from time…
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