Jarrell v. Cole
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of West Virginia, at Charleston; Benjamin F. Keller, Judge. Suit in equity by Paris Jarrell and others against James O. Cole and Clinton Crane. Decree for defendants, and complainants appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
KNAPP, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal from a decree of the District Court dismissing on demurrer the original and amended bills filed herein to set aside certain deeds as clouds upon the title of the lands therein described, which are alleged to be owned by the appellants. The material facts appear to 'be these:
' Simeon Jarrell died intestate, in 1862, seised of several tracts of land, aggregating some 2,300 acres, in Boone county, W. Va., and leaving surviving him his widow and seven children, three sons and four daughters. The appellants are his heirs at law and those claiming under them.…
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