Legal Opinion

Christian v. Vance

West Virginia Supreme Court

Decided March 28, 1896PublishedCited by 31 opinions

cited 1 Pom. Eq. Jur. § 885; 2 Id. § 839; Id. § 856; 52 Am. Dec. 212; 56 Am. Dec. 329; 73 Am. Dec. 250.

1Opinion of the Court

Dent, Judge:

In the Circuit Court of Logan county, at the July rules, 1890, Paren Christian filed his bill in chancery against John P. Vance et al., in which he alleges that in March, 1875, he purchased of IT. S. Hinchman, commissioner of school lands of said county, a tract of three hundred and seventy nine acres of land, but that said Vance had shortly afterwards, by fraudulent representation, obtained a deed for the land from the commissioner, and afterwards sold the land to defendant Avis, who had full knowledge of defendant Vance’s fraudulent conduct in procuring a deed, and prays that…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Cresap v. KembleWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1885
  2. Lamb v. CecilWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1886
  3. Piercy v. BeckettWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1879
  4. Clayton v. BarrWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1890
  5. Van Dorn v. Lewis County CourtWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1893

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3Cited by31 opinions

  1. Bettman v. HarnessWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1896
  2. Winston v. GordonSupreme Court of Virginia · 1914
  3. Cecil v. ClarkWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1898
  4. Edgell v. SmithWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1901
  5. Carberry v. West Virginia & P. R.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1897

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