Lewis v. Yates
West Virginia Supreme Court
Error to Circuit Court, Greenbrier County. Action by Cornelia A. Lewis against W. C. and James A. Yates. Judgment for defendants, and plaintiff brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
PopfenbaRoer, Judge:
Cornelia A. Lewis, in her declaration in an action of ejectment, against W. C. & James A. Yates, in the circuit court of Greenbrier county, seeks recovery of a tract of 470 acres of land, known as the William Donaldson grant, the William Powell survey and the Henning land. The patent was issued ’on the 4th day of February, 1801, granting the land to Donaldson, who was the assignee of John Deem, who was the assignee of William Powell, and the survey had been made on the 22d day of March, 1798. This land subsequently passed, by conveyance, to one Hen-ning and then to Stuart,…
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