Legal Opinion

Adams v. Adams

West Virginia Supreme Court

Decided April 16, 1918PublishedCited by 3 opinions

Appeal from Circuit Court, Doddridge County. Suit by "William C. Adams against Curtis Adams and others. Decree for defendants, and plaintiff appeals.

1Opinion of the Court

Williams, Judge:

This appeal is taken by the plaintiff to a decree sustaining a demurrer to his bill and dismissing his suit, he having declined to amend.

The suit is brought by William C. Adams, one of the children of J. J. Adams, deceased, against his other children, his widow, C. C. Freeman his administrator and the Eureka Pipe Line Company, to have partition made of a tract of 154 acres of land of which J. J. Adams died seized, for the appointment of a receiver to take charge of and sell certain oil alleged to be in the hands of the Eureka Pipe Line Company belonging to decedent’s estate,…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Roberts v. ColemanWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1892
  2. Hobbs v. Hinton Foundry, Machine & Plumbing Co.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1914
  3. Coffman v. CoffmanWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1895
  4. Squires v. SquiresWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1909
  5. Pritchard v. PritchardWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1915

3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Jackson v. JacksonWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1919
  2. Muncey v. Norfolk & Western Railway Co.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1928
  3. State ex rel. J. William St. Clair v. Judge HowardWest Virginia Supreme Court · 2021

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