Davis v. Jackson
West Virginia Supreme Court
This was an application to the Supreme Court of Appeals by Rezin Davis for a mandamus to the judge of the circuit court of Wood county to compel him to appoint a commissioner to execute a deed. The facts of the case sufficiently appear in the opinion of the court. cites the following authorities : Acts of 1872-3, ch. 117,8 22; 10 Gratt. 421; Code, oh. 21, § 19; 7 W. Va. 114; Acts 1872-3, ch. 117, §8 20, -26, 27; High Extra. Log.
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This was an application to the Supreme Court of Appeals by Rezin Davis for a mandamus to the judge of the circuit court of Wood county to compel him to appoint a commissioner to execute a deed. The facts of the case sufficiently appear in the opinion of the court. cites the following authorities : Acts of 1872-3, ch. 117,8 22; 10 Gratt. 421; Code, oh. 21, § 19; 7 W. Va. 114; Acts 1872-3, ch. 117, §8 20, -26, 27; High Extra. Log. Rem. 177; 2 PI. & M. 132; 7 Leigh 689; 2 Leigh 762; 2 Va. Cas. 9; 2 Leigh 764; ’ 12 Gratt. 266; Code 1849, ch. 37 ; 13 Gratfc. 523; 43 Ala. 568 ; 41 Mo. 221 ; 5 Wend.…
1Opinion of the CourtMoore, Judge
The petition to the judge of the circuit court docs not state enough to show that Davis has á right, under the statutes, to have the circuit court, or the judge thereof in vacation, to appoint a commissioner to execute the deed prayed for. The petition simply represents, that Rezin P. Davis, on the 7th day of September, 1871, became the purchaser, at a tax sale, of a certain ^lot of land in the city of Parkersburg, returned delinquent in the name of one George O. Weller, tor the non-payment of taxes due thereon for the year 1869 ; and exhibits a deed therefor, made by W. H. Smith, recorder of…
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