Legal Opinion

Lewis v. Broun

West Virginia Supreme Court

Decided January 19, 1892PublishedCited by 11 opinions

cited 27 W. Va. 385; Id. 677 ; 29 Jolms. 390 ; 5 Am. Kep. 586; 82 Va. 809; 14 Johns. 407; 4 Cow. 748; Id.717, 718; 3 Eng. & Am. Ency. L. 76; 21 Ind. 306; 4 Caldw. 581; Id. 431; 23 Ill. 279; 7 Ycrg. 30; 16 W. Va. 32; 21 W. Va. 617; 31 Barb. 533 ; 8 11. I. 389; 15 Cal. 388; 4 Bet. 187; 3 How. (ü. B.) 333; 25 Pa. fit. 354; 34 Gratt. 478; 27 Gratt. 401; 24 W. Va. 679; 5 W. Va. 752; Sto. Eq. §§ 604, 805 ; Id, 311-315 ; 2 Ves. 200, 202, 203 ; 18 Ves.

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cited 27 W. Va. 385; Id. 677 ; 29 Jolms. 390 ; 5 Am. Kep. 586; 82 Va. 809; 14 Johns. 407; 4 Cow. 748; Id.717, 718; 3 Eng. & Am. Ency. L. 76; 21 Ind. 306; 4 Caldw. 581; Id. 431; 23 Ill. 279; 7 Ycrg. 30; 16 W. Va. 32; 21 W. Va. 617; 31 Barb. 533 ; 8 11. I. 389; 15 Cal. 388; 4 Bet. 187; 3 How. (ü. B.) 333; 25 Pa. fit. 354; 34 Gratt. 478; 27 Gratt. 401; 24 W. Va. 679; 5 W. Va. 752; Sto. Eq. §§ 604, 805 ; Id, 311-315 ; 2 Ves. 200, 202, 203 ; 18 Ves. Jr. 120, 124 ; 1 Jac. & Walk. 441; 2 Atk. 295 ; 5 Pr. Ex. Kep. 58 ; 5 Paige 561; Id. 311; Ilill Trusts 2G5 (s. p.) ; 23 W. Va. 724; Id. 127; 20 How.…

1Opinion of the Court

IIolt, Judge :

John Lewis, theretofore living in Kanawha county and owning certain lands therein, removed to the State of Florida, where he died in the year 1854, leaving four children, *3Andrew 33. Lewis, John V. Lewis, James Y. Lewis, and Margery J. Kenua, afterwards hy second marriage Margery J. Ashby. In 1888, E. M. Eowler et al brought suit in the Circuit Court of Kanawha county against John Lewis’s administrator and heirs, claiming to lie half owners of certain land prima facie owned by John Lewis alone. In March, 1861, James L. Carr brought his suit against John Slack, administrator, c.…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Newcomb v. BrooksWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1879
  2. Polsley & Son v. AndersonWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1874
  3. Burnham v. HeseltonSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1890
  4. Lane v. BlackWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1883
  5. Graham v. GrahamWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1877

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3Cited by11 opinions

  1. Fowler v. Lewis's Adm'rWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1892
  2. Keenan v. ScottWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1908
  3. Williams v. BaileySupreme Court of Florida · 1915
  4. Smith v. . HartsellSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1908
  5. Bank of Mill Creek v. Elk Horn Coal Corp.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1950

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