Freer v. Davis
West Virginia Supreme Court
Appeal from Circuit Court, Ritchie County. Bill by R. H. Freer and others against Thomas E. Davis and others. Decree for plaintiffs, and defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
POEEENBARGER, JUDGE :
This is a suit in equity brought by R. IT. Freer and others against Thomas E. Davis and others in the circuit court of Ritchie County for the purpose of recovering the title and possession of a tract of real estate containing about fifty-eight, acres. As ground of equitable jurisdiction, it is shown that W. J. Shields, one of the plaintiffs under whom all the others claim, had been in possession of the land claiming under certain deeds, and those under whom he claimed had taken some timber off of it and he had cultivated a small portion of the land in oats one year.…
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