Ketchum v. Spurlock
West Virginia Supreme Court
cited 2 Min. Inst. 506; 1 Lom. Dig. 795; 2 Nob. 269 ;1 Graft. 186, 190; 25 Graft. 141; 24 W. Va. 238 p’t 1, Syll.; 6 S. & E. 21; 18 W. Va. 598; 10 Graft. 281; 25 W. Va. 757. cited 26 W. Va. 630 ; 27 W. Va. 468; 24 W. Va. 239; 1 Graft. 195; 28 W. Va. 52-64; 28 W. Va. 820 p’t 1, Syll.; Id. 824, 825 ; 8 Graft. 12; 2 W. Va. 187; 19 W. Va. 323; 27 W. Va. 511.
1Opinion of the Court
BraNNON, Judge :
This is a writ of error sued out by Melvin Spurlock to a judgment of tlie Circuit Court of Cabell county, rendered 23d February, 1888, in an action of ejectment brought by Alice Ketehum and others against Spurlock.
*598The assignment of error is that the court refused to set aside the verdict of the jury finding the land for the plaintiffs; and under this assignment the briefs of appellant’s attorneys contend that the verdict should have been set aside — First, because the plaintiffs failed to make out a •prima fade case ; second, because the defendant showed a better title.
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