State v. McEldowney
West Virginia Supreme Court
Appeal from Circuit Court, Wetzel County. Action by the state against John C. McEldowney and others. Decree for defendants, and plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
BRANNON, Judge:
Levi Shuman was taxed with a lot of land on which is a mill in Wetzel county for the year 1890, and it was sold for delinquency for said tax in 1891 and purchased by the state. It was again taxed for the year 1891, returned delinquent, sold for such taxes in 1893 and purchased by John C. McEldowney, who obtained a deed under such tax sale. The lot was sold from Shuman under a decree for purchase money and purchased in June, 1891, by Cassie L. Nuzum, and it was conveyed to her under such judicial sale 14th November, 1891. Mrs. Nuzum attacked McEldowney’s tax purchase by a suit…
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