Dickel v. Smith
West Virginia Supreme Court
I. — By what rules the validity of the sale and, conveyance must be tested. — 26 Gratt. 517 ; 26 AM. Ya. 80. II. — No jurisdiction of the subject-matter. — 3 Pom. Eq. Jur. §§ 1311-1314 and note; 15 S. E. Rep. 997; 14 AM. Va. 322; 30 AM. Ya. 555 ; 14 Am. Eng. Ency.
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I. — By what rules the validity of the sale and, conveyance must be tested. — 26 Gratt. 517 ; 26 AM. Ya. 80. II. — No jurisdiction of the subject-matter. — 3 Pom. Eq. Jur. §§ 1311-1314 and note; 15 S. E. Rep. 997; 14 AM. Va. 322; 30 AM. Ya. 555 ; 14 Am. Eng. Ency. Law. 393, and cases cited; Code, c. 58, s. 46; 27 N. E. Rep. 1110; 16 S. E. Rep. 159. No jurisdiction of the person. — Code, c. 125, 8.13; 26 W. Ya. 31; 15 S. E. Rep. 173. The proceedings were, irregular. — 1 Rand. 401; 7 W. Ya. 187; 24 Grat-t. 302. I.— The appeal teas improoidcntly awarded, only one of ser eral matters haring been…
1Opinion of the Court
Dent, -Iudue :
The facts in this caso are as follows, to wit: On the 1st day of October, 1874, Adam Hettick, now deceased, was appointed a committee to manage the estate of Delia Doer, an insane married woman confined in the asylum. She had no personal property, hut the only property owned by her was the reversion of a certain house and lot on Third street, in the city of Parkersburg, in which her husband, Anton Doer, held a life estate, and was therefore entitled te the rents and profits thereof, and liable for the necessary •repairs and taxes due thereon. Adam Ilettick took possession of…
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