Paxton v. Paxton
West Virginia Supreme Court
I. — Decree should he recorded for want of necessary parties.— 11 W. Va. 427; 14 W. Va. 22; 15 W. Va. 190; 16 W. Va. 794; 21 W. Va. 2; Id. 124; 28 W. Va. 195; 33 W. Va. 155. II. — Answers of defendants have the force of cross-bills and pray affirmative relief. — Code, c. 125, s. 36; 7 W. Va. 114, p’t 1 SylL; Id. 390, p’t 1 SylL; 8 W. Va. 218; 16 W. Va. 685; 17 W. Va. 276; 23 W. Va. 579. a.
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I. — Decree should he recorded for want of necessary parties.— 11 W. Va. 427; 14 W. Va. 22; 15 W. Va. 190; 16 W. Va. 794; 21 W. Va. 2; Id. 124; 28 W. Va. 195; 33 W. Va. 155. II. — Answers of defendants have the force of cross-bills and pray affirmative relief. — Code, c. 125, s. 36; 7 W. Va. 114, p’t 1 SylL; Id. 390, p’t 1 SylL; 8 W. Va. 218; 16 W. Va. 685; 17 W. Va. 276; 23 W. Va. 579. a. The. paper on p. 70 of the record purporting to be a special explanation is not recognized as filed by the final decree nor by any order entered in the cause and is no part of the record. — 16 W. Va. 777;…
1Opinion of the Court
BraNNON, Jud&e :
Hays A. Paxton in his lifetime brought a suit, which *618was afterwards revived in the names of bis representatives, having for its object the partition among the heirs of his father, Thomas Paxton, of a tract of land in Clay county. The said Thomas Paxton liad nine children, so that the land was divisible into nine shares, though several had sold to co-heirs. The only persons contesting the partition on the basis of such heirship were George W. Paxton and Thomas Samples, who claimed to be joint owners of the whole and denied that the land was partible as belonging to Thomas…
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