Donehoo v. King
West Virginia Supreme Court
Appeal from Circuit Court, Boone County. Bill by Cora B. Doneboo and others against J. D. King and others and J. W. Cassinghani and others. Decree for plaintiffs, and defendants J. W. Cassingham and others appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
POFFENBARGER, JUDGE:
This appeal is from a decree setting aside and canceling the title' papers of the appellants, as to the undivided two-fifths of 2,503 acres of land claimed by them, as constituting clouds upon the title of the appellees, and awarding partition of the land, upon the theory that the latter acquired the title by means of a covenant of warranty in a deed which was set aside and annulled and the covenantor’s partial re-acquisition of the title warranted by him.
By a deed dated, September 9, 1877 and recorded August 30, 1883, Daniel Donehoo and wife conveyed tlm land to Clara J.…
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