Twiggs v. Chevallie
West Virginia Supreme Court
This case came from Harrison county. A sufficient statement of the points at issue appears in the opinion of Berkshire, President. No counsel appeared for the plaintiffs in error. The commonwealth granted the land, to recover which, the suit was brought, to John Strobia. He died, and it descended on his three children. Two of them conveyed two-thirds of the land to John A. Chevallie and Joseph Gallego.
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This case came from Harrison county. A sufficient statement of the points at issue appears in the opinion of Berkshire, President. No counsel appeared for the plaintiffs in error. The commonwealth granted the land, to recover which, the suit was brought, to John Strobia. He died, and it descended on his three children. Two of them conveyed two-thirds of the land to John A. Chevallie and Joseph Gallego. The latter devised one-third to Peter J. Chevallie and John Richard, in trust, for purposes specified. John Richard made a will and died, and one-sixth of the land descended, or was devised, to…
1Opinion of the Court
Berkshire, President.
This was an action of ejectment for a tract of land of 500 acres in Harrison county, granted by the commonwealth of Virginia to John Strobia, on the 14th day of March, 1788.
The defendants in error who were the plaintiffs below, claim the land in controversy as derivative purchasers from Joseph H. Gallego and John A. Chevallie, who were the vendees of the heirs of the patentee, John Strobia. Their deed bears date in October, 1812, and was recorded in the general court in November following.
The plaintiffs in error, who are derivative purchasers from Joseph 'Weiricfe, who…
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