State v. Stepp
West Virginia Supreme Court
Appeal from Circuit Court, Mingo County. Action by the State against John Stepp and others. Judgment for the State, and Sarah E. Young and Mike Young appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
BraNNON, Judge:
In a suit in Mingo county in the name of the State against John Stepp and others to sell certain lands as forfeited to the state for taxes, John A. Sheppard, trustee, filed an answer and petition setting up ownership of two'of the tracts, and acknowledging their forfeiture, and asking liberty to redeem themfrom sale. Said answer and petition stated that Mike Young and Sarah E. Young set up a claim to part of the said land, and denied that they had any title, and prayed that the pretended claim of Mike Young and Sarah E. Young be annulled and held for naught, and that the title…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Buster v. HollandWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1886
- Ex parte DoyleWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1907
- Miller v. CoxWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1894
- Atwood v. Shenandoah V. R. R.Supreme Court of Virginia · 1889
- Fulmer Coal Co. v. Morgantown & Kingwood RailroadWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1905
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