Cartright v. Cartright
West Virginia Supreme Court
Appeal from Circuit Court, Marion Count}!. Bill in equity by Bessie D. Oartright against Lowry F. Cart-right and others. F'rom a decree for defendants, plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
Williams, Judge:
Bessie D. Gartright brought suit in equity, in the circuit court of Marion county, against the heirs at law of Nancy A. Cartright, deceased, to establish title to a tra,ct of land claimed by deed, alleged'to have been lost, and never recorded. She avers that the deed was made and delivered to her by Nancy A. Cartright, her grandmother, in 1903; that she then carefully put it away; that, shortly after the grantor’s death, it disappeared from the place where she had kept it, without fault of her own; and that by diligent search she was unable to find it. She swears to her bill,…
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