Logan v. Ward
West Virginia Supreme Court
Appeal from Circuit Court, Randolph County. Bill by James H. Logan against Wirt C. Ward and Elihu Hutton. Decree for defendants, and the heirs of said plaintiff appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
BRANNON, PRESIDENT:
James BE. Logan brought a chancery suit against Wirt C. Ward and Elihu Hutton to remove a cloud over Logan’s title to land, and upon the hearing Logan’s suit was dismissed, and his heirs appealed.
I state Logan’s claim thus: By patent dated 13th February, 1798, the State of Virginia granted to William Bow-yer, William Breckenridge, Hugh Paul and Edward Bryan a tract of 50,000 acres of land in Randolph county, called the Breckenridge survey. William Logan obtained the conveyance of the Breckenridge and Paul shares in said tract, and was thus owner of half of it. James H.…
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