Legal Opinion

Horner-Gaylord Co. v. Fawcett

West Virginia Supreme Court

Decided December 14, 1901PublishedCited by 13 opinions

Appeal from Circuit Court, Harrison County. ' Action by Horner-Gaylord Company against W. C. Fawcett and others. Decree for defendants and plaintiff appeals.

1Opinion of the Court

DeNt, Judge:

■ The Horner-Gaylord Company appeals from a decree of the circuit court of Iiarison County in a suit in chancery wherein it was plaintiff, and W. C. Fawcett and others were defendants.

The first question presented by the record is the demurrer to the bill.

The bill alleges in substance that C. D. Robinson, the owner of a one-half interest in a bookstore at Clarksburg, Harrison County, on the 14th day of July, 1896, executed a deed of trust thereon to Sherman Denham, trustee, to secure Earnest B. Morris the payment of three certain obligations, bearing even date therewith, for the…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. Galveston Railroad v. CowdreySupreme Court of the United States · 1871
  2. United States v. New Orleans RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1871
  3. Etheridge v. SperrySupreme Court of the United States · 1891
  4. Pennock v. CoeSupreme Court of the United States · 1860
  5. Dunham v. Cincinnati, P., & CR Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1864

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3Cited by13 opinions

  1. Union Trust Co. of Maryland v. TownshendCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1939
  2. Lightner v. LightnerWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1962
  3. Lightner v. LightnerWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1962
  4. Gilbert v. PeppersWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1909
  5. Kenney v. HurlburtOregon Supreme Court · 1918

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