Legal Opinion

Wyatt v. Smith

West Virginia Supreme Court

Decided April 25, 1885PublishedCited by 14 opinions

The facts of the case are fully stated in the opinion of the Court.

1Opinion of the Court

Snyder, Judge:

Appeal from certain decrees rendered by the circuit court of Kanawha county in the suits of B. F. Wyatt, administrator of the respective estates of M. B. and W. A. Manser, deceased, against J. S. F. Smith and Martha Jane his wife, and the said Wjmtt, administrator of M. B. Manser, deceased, against the same defendants, heard together.

The facts so far as it is material to state them are as follows : Prior to 1861, the defendants intermarried, and in 1867 F. G-. Hansford, the father of the female defendant died testate and by his will devised to the female defendant, certain real *814e…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Arnold v. CasnerWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1883
  2. Laughlin Bros. v. FreamWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1878
  3. Watson v. WatsonSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1839

3Cited by14 opinions

  1. McNeer v. McNeerIllinois Supreme Court · 1892
  2. Merritt v. HughesWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1892
  3. Rose v. RoseCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1898
  4. Pickens's Ex'rs v. KniseleyWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1892
  5. Johnson v. SangerWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1901

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