City of Beckley v. George

Fox, Judge:

This is a suit instituted by the City of Beckley against Myrtle Bair George, in the Circuit Court of Raleigh County, the purpose of which is to require the defendant' to restore to the City a parcel of land described as a connecting portion of Prince Street, and seeking to enjoin her from trespassing thereon or interfering with the improvement of said street. From a decree denying relief and dismissing its bill, the City prosecutes this appeal.

The controversy grows out of an alleged offer of dedication of the strip of land in question made by Alfred Beckley, Sr., through a…