Laidley v. Knight
West Virginia Supreme Court
Woods, Judge, furnishes the following statement of the case: On the 23d clay of June, 1866, the plaintiff, Dulce Rowena Laidley, then being the wife of Alexander T. Laidley, being the owner in tee simple of various parcels of land in Kanawha county which she inherited from her father, James C. McFarland, by deed of that date, in which her husband joined, undertook to convey all of her said lands to one William A. Quarrier, upon the following trusts: “That the said Quarrier…
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Woods, Judge, furnishes the following statement of the case: On the 23d clay of June, 1866, the plaintiff, Dulce Rowena Laidley, then being the wife of Alexander T. Laidley, being the owner in tee simple of various parcels of land in Kanawha county which she inherited from her father, James C. McFarland, by deed of that date, in which her husband joined, undertook to convey all of her said lands to one William A. Quarrier, upon the following trusts: “That the said Quarrier shall hold the said property, for the sole and separate use and benefit of the said Dulce Rowena Laidley, free from the…
1Opinion of the Court
Woods, Judge :
It is unnecessary to consider all the errors assigned by the plaintiff. Two questions meet us at the threshhold demanding our consideration; if these be determined in favor of the plaintiff, all other questions discussed by her counsel become immaterial.
*740Whatever rights the executrix of Edward C. Burton may he supposed to have, for the security of her debt, must depend upon the validity of the deed of trust to the defendant Knight; and this in turn depends upon the validity of the deed made by Alexander T. Laidley and wife on June 23rd, 1866.
It is apparent that all the property…
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