Woodall v. Bruen
West Virginia Supreme Court
Appeal from Circuit Court, Kanawha County. Suit by B. A. "Woodall and others against Alexander J. Bruen and others. From decree for defendants, plaintiffs appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
Poffenbarger, Judge:
Deeming certain options to re-purchase the minerals in their lands, created by clauses in the deeds under which they hold,- to be in contravention of the rule against perpetuities *194and, therefore, void, the plaintiffs filed their hill to cancel them as constituting clouds on their titles, and the court dismissed it on a demurrer thereto.
Two deeds áre involved, both of which were executed by Alexander M. Brnen and wife, one bearing date Oct. 18, 1880, and the other Dee. 6, 1881. The former conveyed 66.12 acres of land to John Harvey Burdette and the other 210.36 acres to E.…
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